MILITARY PERSONNEL

John André

1750 - 1780

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John André (May 2, 1750 – October 2, 1780) was a major in the British Army and head of its intelligence operations in America during the American Revolutionary War. In that role he was assigned the task of negotiating Benedict Arnold's secret offer to surrender the fort at West Point, New York, to the British in September 1780. Through a series of mishaps and unforeseen events, André was forced to return from a meeting with Arnold through American territory while wearing civilian clothes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John André has received more than 2,401,166 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John André is the 1,844th most popular military personnel (down from 1,578th in 2019), the 3,960th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,301st in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 46.70

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John André by language

Over the past year John André has had the most page views in the with 138,296 views, followed by German (6,835), and Spanish (4,902). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (167.57%), Finnish (68.49%), and Catalan (48.69%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John André ranks 1,844 out of 2,058. Before him are Márcio Melo, Reginald Wingate, Riad al-Asaad, Reginald Dyer, Thomas Picton, and Musa Gareyev. After him are Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Volodymyr Pravyk, Kyrylo Budanov, John Bell Hood, Albert Ball, and Anton Grasser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, John André ranks 44. Before him are Besiki, Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Christian Konrad Sprengel, Prince Frederick of Great Britain, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, and Aaron Arrowsmith. After him are Frederick Muhlenberg, and Isaac Shelby. Among people deceased in 1780, John André ranks 23. Before him are William Blackstone, Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Francesco Antonio Vallotti, and James Steuart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John André ranks 3,960 out of 8,785. Before him are Matthew Goode (1978), Liam Howlett (1971), Edward Carpenter (1844), Henry Liddell (1811), Michael Giles (1942), and Charles Howard Hinton (1853). After him are Meave Leakey (1942), Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Isaac Roberts (1829), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Horace Lamb (1849), and William Powell Frith (1819).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John André ranks 104. Before him are Captain Tom (1920), Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663), Reginald Wingate (1861), and Thomas Picton (1758). After him are Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Albert Ball (1896), John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735), Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), Oliver Leese (1894), and John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885).

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