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James Harrington

1611 - 1677

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James Harrington (or Harington) (3 January 1611 – 11 September 1677) was an English political theorist of classical republicanism. He is best known for his controversial publication The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Harrington has received more than 15,819 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). James Harrington is the 10,837th most popular politician (down from 9,762nd in 2019), the 2,243rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,074th in 2019) and the 339th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Harrington ranks 10,837 out of 19,576. Before him are Manlia Scantilla, Sophia of Montferrat, Imad al-Dawla, Al-Mustakfi I, Manto Mavrogenous, and Mleh, Prince of Armenia. After him are Ashur-resh-ishi II, Fatima Jinnah, Alexander von Benckendorff, Johann Löwenthal, Lord Leopold Mountbatten, and Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, James Harrington ranks 15. Before him are Cecilia Renata of Austria, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jan Fyt, Antonio de Pereda, Carlo Rainaldi, and Magdalene of Nagasaki. After him are Henry Ireton, Willem van de Velde the Elder, Giancarlo de' Medici, Mary Dyer, Andreas Hammerschmidt, and John Pell. Among people deceased in 1677, James Harrington ranks 12. Before him are Wenceslaus Hollar, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Aert van der Neer, and William, Margrave of Baden-Baden. After him are Robert Cambert, Henry Oldenburg, and Matthew Locke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Harrington ranks 2,243 out of 8,785. Before him are Siân Phillips (1933), Luke Howard (1772), Arthur Hughes (1832), Robert Fisk (1946), B. C. Forbes (1880), and Ethel Muckelt (1885). After him are Mick Box (1947), William Ernest Henley (1849), Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889), Dion Fortune (1890), Henry Irving (1838), and Jojo Moyes (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Harrington ranks 339. Before him are Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773), Gerry Adams (1948), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Dionysios Kasdaglis (1872), and Andrew Moray (1265). After him are Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889), Margaret of England (1240), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), Marjorie Bruce (1297), Roger Williams (1603), and F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782).

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