POLITICIAN

John Hunter

1737 - 1821

Photo of John Hunter

Icon of person John Hunter

Vice Admiral John Hunter (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second Governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800. Both a sailor and a scholar, he explored the Parramatta River as early as 1788, and was the first to surmise that Tasmania might be an island. As governor, he tried to combat serious abuses by the military in the face of powerful local interests led by John MacArthur. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hunter has received more than 50,217 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Hunter is the 16,233rd most popular politician (down from 14,288th in 2019), the 4,719th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,949th in 2019) and the 562nd most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 50k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Hunter ranks 16,233 out of 19,576. Before him are Michael Flynn, Adolfo Ballivián, Halszka Osmólska, Francesco Rutelli, Joseph Cook, and Heinrich Albertz. After him are Dmitry Kozak, Yashwant Sinha, Müfide İlhan, Dietmar Bartsch, Amos Sawyer, and Kadri Simson.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, John Hunter ranks 35. Before him are Vasily Bazhenov, Charles Hutton, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Arthur St. Clair, Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, and Francis Hopkinson.  Among people deceased in 1821, John Hunter ranks 33. Before him are Félix de Azara, Martín Miguel de Güemes, Georg Friedrich von Martens, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Carlo Porta, and Marie-Louise Lachapelle. After him are John Crome, Elizabeth Inchbald, and John Rennie the Elder.

Others Born in 1737

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1821

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 4,719 out of 8,785. Before him are Adam Lallana (1988), Paul Gallagher (1954), Leslie Bricusse (1931), Joseph Cook (1860), William Burges (1827), and Simon Fuller (1960). After him are William Russell (1924), William Christie (1845), Mick Abrahams (1943), Derek Bailey (1930), George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716), and Isaac D'Israeli (1766).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 562. Before him are Charles Bradlaugh (1833), Tom Clarke (1858), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), Douglas Hurd (1930), Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733), and Joseph Cook (1860). After him are George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716), Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860), David Owen (1938), and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674).

British born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous