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Isaac Brock

1769 - 1812

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Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. Brock was assigned to Lower Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he commanded his regiment in Upper Canada (part of present-day Ontario) successfully for many years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Brock has received more than 837,097 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Isaac Brock is the 1,183rd most popular military personnel (up from 1,560th in 2019), the most popular biography from Guernsey (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Isaac Brock ranks 1,183 out of 2,058. Before him are Ivan Tyulenev, Hugh Dowding, Andrei Shkuro, Leontius, Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, and Josias von Heeringen. After him are Alexios Strategopoulos, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Inaros II, John Burgoyne, Claude Auchinleck, and Iosif Igelström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1769, Isaac Brock ranks 24. Before him are Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Aleksey Arakcheyev, Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, and François Séverin Marceau. After him are Ignacio Allende, Utagawa Toyokuni, Nannette Streicher, Simón Rodríguez, Edward Daniel Clarke, and Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck. Among people deceased in 1812, Isaac Brock ranks 14. Before him are Jan Ladislav Dussek, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Spencer Perceval, Isaac Titsingh, Hieronymus von Colloredo, and Duke George of Oldenburg. After him are Marianna Martines, Claude François de Malet, Franz Pforr, Hugo Kołłątaj, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, and Christian Gottlob Heyne.

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In Guernsey

Among people born in Guernsey, Isaac Brock ranks 1 out of 8. After him are Percy Hodge (1890), Warren De la Rue (1815), Karen Dotrice (1955), Roy Dotrice (1923), Matt Le Tissier (1968), Andy Priaulx (1974), Heather Watson (1992), and Cameron Chalmers (1997).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Guernsey

Among military personnels born in Guernsey, Isaac Brock ranks 1. 

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