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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hugh Dowding

1882 - 1970

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Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, (24 April 1882 – 15 February 1970) was an officer in the Royal Air Force. He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and is generally credited with playing a crucial role in Britain's defence, and hence, the defeat of Operation Sea Lion, Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain. Born in Moffat, Scotland, Dowding was an officer in the British Army in the 1900s and early 1910s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Dowding has received more than 673,952 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Hugh Dowding is the 1,070th most popular military personnel (down from 987th in 2019), the 2,020th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,925th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 52.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hugh Dowding ranks 1,070 out of 1,468. Before him are Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Claude Auchinleck, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, and Hannibal Gisco. After him are Petar Bojović, Maximilian Fretter-Pico, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, Kodama Gentarō, Quintus Titurius Sabinus, and Mad Mike Hoare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Hugh Dowding ranks 125. Before him are Holland Smith, Leo White, Takenoshin Nakai, Geraldine Farrar, Robert Hichens, and Donald Crisp. After him are Edmund Glaise-Horstenau, Joseph Marx, Karl Valentin, Hendrik Willem van Loon, Kazimierz Bartel, and Yakov Perelman. Among people deceased in 1970, Hugh Dowding ranks 116. Before him are Reizo Fukuhara, Alan Wilson, Marlen Haushofer, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, and Bjarni Benediktsson. After him are Terry Sawchuk, René Schneider, Paul Schmidt, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Ernst May, and Isdal Woman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Dowding ranks 2,020 out of 7,765. Before him are Ken Robinson (1950), Edward Colston (1636), Elihu Thomson (1853), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Donald Crisp (1882), and Eddie Irvine (1965). After him are William Speirs Bruce (1867), Charlie Hunnam (1980), Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Quentin Skinner (1940), and David C. H. Austin (1926).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Hugh Dowding ranks 51. Before him are John Alcock (1892), Captain Tom (1920), Henry Allingham (1896), James Wolfe (1727), Claude Auchinleck (1884), and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871). After him are Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), Sidney Smith (1764), Eddie Chapman (1914), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), and Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772).

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