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John Dickinson

1732 - 1808

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John Dickinson (November 13, [O.S. November 2] 1732 – February 14, 1808), a Founding Father of the United States, was an attorney and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware. Dickinson was known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, published individually in 1767 and 1768, and he also wrote "The Liberty Song" in 1768. As a member of the First Continental Congress, where he signed the Continental Association, Dickinson drafted most of the 1774 Petition to the King, and then, as a member of the Second Continental Congress, he wrote the 1775 Olive Branch Petition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Dickinson has received more than 1,073,773 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Dickinson is the 4,053rd most popular politician (up from 4,349th in 2019), the 1,282nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,460th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Dickinson ranks 4,053 out of 19,576. Before him are Sarduri II, Bretislav I, William V, Duke of Bavaria, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Élisabeth Borne, and Philopoemen. After him are Bogd Khan, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, John II, Count of Holland, Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, Heraclius II of Georgia, and Rose Francine Rogombé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, John Dickinson ranks 13. Before him are Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Jérôme Lalande, Adélaïde of France, Johann Christoph Adelung, Richard Arkwright, and Abbas III. After him are Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Warren Hastings, Peter Forsskål, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, and Hieronymus von Colloredo. Among people deceased in 1808, John Dickinson ranks 5. Before him are Selim III, Christian VII of Denmark, Mustafa IV, and Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria. After him are Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Johan Christian Fabricius, Hubert Robert, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Gaétan Vestris, and Friedrich Kasimir Medikus.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Dickinson ranks 1,282 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Ryan (1970), Christina Onassis (1950), Carla Bley (1936), Alan Silvestri (1950), Robin Cook (1940), and Frederic Edwin Church (1826). After him are Ivan Sutherland (1938), Timothy Leary (1920), Susan Hayward (1917), J. Michael Bishop (1936), Cordell Hull (1871), and Michael Connelly (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Dickinson ranks 101. Before him are Lloyd Austin (1953), Susan Wojcicki (1968), George Papandreou (1952), Allen Dulles (1893), Tecumseh (1768), and Paul Ryan (1970). After him are Cordell Hull (1871), Eliot Ness (1903), John Foster Dulles (1888), Charles G. Dawes (1865), Aaron Burr (1756), and George Clinton (1739).

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