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James Wolfe

1727 - 1759

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James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec. The son of a distinguished general, Edward Wolfe, he received his first commission at a young age and saw extensive service in Europe during the War of the Austrian Succession. His service in Flanders and in Scotland, where he took part in the suppression of the Jacobite Rebellion, brought him to the attention of his superiors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Wolfe has received more than 1,149,671 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). James Wolfe is the 1,051st most popular military personnel (down from 967th in 2019), the 1,980th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,888th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 32

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Wolfe ranks 1,051 out of 1,468. Before him are Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Henry Allingham, Tatikios, Ieronim Uborevich, Monte Melkonian, and Rash Behari Bose. After him are Archelaus, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Lucius D. Clay, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Coenus, and Anne Hilarion de Tourville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, James Wolfe ranks 21. Before him are Jean-André Deluc, Tommaso Traetta, Pasquale Anfossi, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and Philibert Commerson. After him are Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, Ivan Shuvalov, Horatio Gates, Peter Woulfe, and Ignaz Schiffermüller. Among people deceased in 1759, James Wolfe ranks 13. Before him are Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Sedjefakare, and Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. After him are Alamgir II, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Ewald Christian von Kleist, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Johann Gottfried Zinn, and Jacob Theodor Klein.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Wolfe ranks 1,980 out of 7,765. Before him are Caratacus (15), Ian Wilmut (1944), Mother Shipton (1488), Margaret of England (1240), Adam Sedgwick (1785), and Anthony Asquith (1902). After him are Leonard Woolf (1880), Rachel Kempson (1910), Christine Keeler (1942), Freddie Highmore (1992), Steve Winwood (1948), and Phil Taylor (1954).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, James Wolfe ranks 48. Before him are William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), John Paul Jones (1747), Gregor MacGregor (1786), John Alcock (1892), Captain Tom (1920), and Henry Allingham (1896). After him are Claude Auchinleck (1884), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Hugh Dowding (1882), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), and Sidney Smith (1764).

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