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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 199,851 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. John Bowring is the 7,289th most popular politician (down from 6,275th in 2019), the 1,527th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,360th in 2019) and the 242nd most popular British Politician.

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  • 22

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  • 2.39

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Bowring ranks 7,289 out of 15,577. Before him are Sartaq Khan, Tokugawa Ietsugu, Wang Hongwen, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, and Paul Masson. After him are Otto Braun, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Charles Konan Banny, Abdullah Abdullah, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, and Titus Annius Milo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, John Bowring ranks 24. Before him are John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Victor Cousin, Matteo Carcassi, Joseph Mohr, Francisco de Paula Santander, and Carlos Antonio López. After him are Francisco Morazán, Gustav Schwab, Mangas Coloradas, Frederick Marryat, George M. Dallas, and Ferdinand Christian Baur. Among people deceased in 1872, John Bowring ranks 24. Before him are Mary Somerville, Aleksis Kivi, Immanuel Nobel, Vladimir Dal, William H. Seward, and Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After him are Handrij Zejler, Charles-Eugène Delaunay, Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Kamehameha V, George Robert Gray, and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bowring ranks 1,527 out of 7,765. Before him are David Hemmings (1941), E. P. Thompson (1924), James Faulkner (1948), Robert Stephenson (1803), Jim Carter (1948), and William Paley (1743). After him are Clarke Abel (1780), Ben Cross (1947), Cicely Saunders (1918), Henry Gray (1827), Max Mallowan (1904), and Ian McDonald (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Bowring ranks 242. Before him are Emma Darwin (1808), Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), Lord William Bentinck (1774), Constantine II of Scotland (801), and Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836). After him are Donald Maclean (1913), Lulach (1030), George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608), Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), and Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473).

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