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John Bowring

1792 - 1872

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Sir John Bowring , or Phrayā Siam Mānukūlakicca Siammitra Mahāyaśa (17 October 1792 – 23 November 1872) was a British political economist, traveller, writer, literary translator, polyglot and the fourth Governor of Hong Kong. He was appointed by Queen Victoria as emissary to Siam, later he was appointed by King Mongkut of Siam as ambassador to London, also making a treaty of amity with Siam on April 18, 1855, now referred to as the "Bowring Treaty". His namesake treaty was fully effective for 70 years, until the reign of Vajiravudh. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bowring has received more than 197,559 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John Bowring is the 7,035th most popular politician (up from 7,269th in 2019), the 1,386th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,522nd in 2019) and the 231st most popular British Politician.

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  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Bowrings by language

Over the past year John Bowring has had the most page views in the with 27,369 views, followed by Thai (12,715), and Chinese (8,203). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (78.29%), Basque (55.37%), and Esperanto (53.57%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Bowring ranks 7,035 out of 19,576. Before him are Fortún Garcés of Pamplona, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Giorgi Saakadze, Emperor An of Jin, Nikos Sampson, and Vladimir Purishkevich. After him are Prince Konrad of Bavaria, Emperor Shizong of Jin, Yawar Waqaq, Floris V, Count of Holland, Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, and Gerhard Klopfer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, John Bowring ranks 24. Before him are Maria Beatrice of Savoy, Joseph Mohr, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Matteo Carcassi, Carlos Antonio López, and Francisco Morazán. After him are Francisco de Paula Santander, Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, Manuel Oribe, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Mangas Coloradas, and Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Among people deceased in 1872, John Bowring ranks 27. Before him are Princess Feodora of Leiningen, John Frederick Kensett, Vladimir Dal, William H. Seward, Charles-Eugène Delaunay, and Johan Rudolph Thorbecke. After him are Handrij Zejler, George Meade, Jean-Marie Duhamel, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, Avram Iancu, and Petar Preradović.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bowring ranks 1,386 out of 8,785. Before him are John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), John Newton (1725), Williamina Fleming (1857), John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384), Beau Brummell (1778), and Peter Mansfield (1933). After him are Hannah Chaplin (1865), Peter Mayhew (1944), Adrian Newey (1958), Vidal Sassoon (1928), Victor McLaglen (1886), and Pattie Boyd (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Bowring ranks 231. Before him are Jeremy Corbyn (1949), Reginald Johnston (1874), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Penda of Mercia (606), John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), and John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384). After him are Herbert Pitman (1877), Constantine II of Scotland (801), Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944).

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