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John Hunter

1737 - 1821

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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 48,467 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Hunter is the 14,337th most popular politician, the 3,957th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 496th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Hunter ranks 14,337 out of 15,577Before him are Margaret Abbott, Ylli Bufi, Vladimir Konstantinov, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, and María Teresa Fernández de la Vega. After him are José María Pérez de Urdininea, Manfred Stolpe, Eduardo Schaerer, Jóhann Hafstein, Lucius Valerius Flaccus, and Daniel Bashiel Warner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, John Hunter ranks 30Before him are William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Alexander Dalrymple, Charlotte de Rohan, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Vasily Bazhenov, and Morten Thrane Brünnich. After him are Francis Hopkinson and Charles Hutton. Among people deceased in 1821, John Hunter ranks 32Before him are Georg Friedrich von Martens, Elizabeth Ann Seton, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Martín Miguel de Güemes, Marie-Louise Lachapelle, and Carlo Porta. After him is Elizabeth Inchbald.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 3,957 out of 7,765Before him are Morton Betts (1847), Brendan Perry (1959), Wilbert Awdry (1911), Charles Wilkins (1749), George Graham (1944), and Dev Patel (1990). After him are Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Delia Derbyshire (1937), Donald Campbell (1921), Herbert Giles (1845), Christopher O'Neill (1974), and Jayne Atkinson (1959).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 496Before him are Archibald Sayce (1845), David Amess (1952), Charles Booth (1840), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), and Philip Hammond (1955). After him are Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), Alex Salmond (1954), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), Martin McGuinness (1950), Billy Hughes (1862), and Jack Straw (1946).