MILITARY PERSONNEL

Horatio Gates

1727 - 1806

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Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727 – April 10, 1806) was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the early years of the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga (1777) – a matter of contemporary and historical controversy – and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden in 1780. Gates has been described as "one of the Revolution's most controversial military figures" because of his role in the Conway Cabal, which attempted to discredit and replace General George Washington; the battle at Saratoga; and his actions during and after his defeat at Camden.Born in the town of Maldon in Essex, Gates served in the British Army during the War of the Austrian Succession and the French and Indian War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horatio Gates has received more than 1,278,272 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Horatio Gates is the 1,093rd most popular military personnel (up from 1,276th in 2019), the 1,856th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,456th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Horatio Gates by language

Over the past year Horatio Gates has had the most page views in the with 150,899 views, followed by German (8,148), and Russian (7,464). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (76.44%), Esperanto (64.29%), and French (62.73%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Horatio Gates ranks 1,093 out of 2,058. Before him are Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Nicolas Luckner, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Raden Wijaya, Emilio Eduardo Massera, and Dame Gruev. After him are Teutobod, FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Alfred Wünnenberg, Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria, Arthur Percival, and Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, Horatio Gates ranks 21. Before him are Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Tommaso Traetta, Pasquale Anfossi, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Jean-André Deluc, and Philibert Commerson. After him are Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, James Wolfe, François-Hubert Drouais, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, Ivan Shuvalov, and Johann Gottfried Zinn. Among people deceased in 1806, Horatio Gates ranks 31. Before him are Shah Alam II, Vicente Martín y Soler, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, George Stubbs, Federico Gravina, and Fra Diavolo. After him are Michael von Melas, Gim Hongdo, Timothy Dexter, Jean Joseph Mounier, Eugenios Voulgaris, and Charles James Fox.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Horatio Gates ranks 1,856 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Apted (1941), Barbara West (1911), Susannah York (1939), John A. Hobson (1858), Eunice Gayson (1928), and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878). After him are Charles Joughin (1878), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184), Mark of Cornwall (480), Roger Fry (1866), and Arthur Percival (1887).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Horatio Gates ranks 39. Before him are Robert Blake (1599), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), George Rooke (1650), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), John Fastolf (1380), and William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729). After him are FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), Arthur Percival (1887), James Wolfe (1727), Arthur Rostron (1869), Edward Vernon (1684), and Harold Bride (1890).

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