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John Monash

1865 - 1931

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General Sir John Monash (; 27 June 1865 – 8 October 1931) was an Australian civil engineer and military commander of the First World War. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the war and then, shortly after its outbreak, became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt, with which he took part in the Gallipoli campaign. In July 1916, he took charge of the newly raised 3rd Division in north-western France and, in May 1918, became commander of the Australian Corps, at that time the largest corps on the Western Front. According to historian A. J. P. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Monash has received more than 1,030,360 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Monash is the 321st most popular engineer (down from 315th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Australia and the most popular Australian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, John Monash ranks 321 out of 389. Before him are Louis Armand, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Boris Lisunov, Joseph Bazalgette, Hugh Latimer Dryden, and Robert H. Dennard. After him are Ove Arup, T. Keith Glennan, Jack Parsons, Willy Ley, Geoffrey de Havilland, and Mario Theissen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, John Monash ranks 149. Before him are Vladimir Bogoraz, Hermann Hirt, Édouard Chavannes, Paul Raud, Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, and Leónidas Plaza. After him are Ferdinand Feyerick, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Arthur Symons, Walter Frederick Gale, Charles Stanton Ogle, and Janez Evangelist Krek. Among people deceased in 1931, John Monash ranks 137. Before him are Edward Goodrich Acheson, Herbert Baddeley, Rolf Johnsson, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Luigi Galleani, and Daniel Chester French. After him are Harry Clarke, Charles Clary, Axel Andersen, Charles Hefferon, Frank Harris, and Lidiya Tseraskaya.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Monash ranks 272 out of 1,143. Before him are John H. Coates (1945), Mal Anderson (1935), Tina Arena (1967), Mike Chapman (1947), Christopher Clark (1960), and Earle Page (1880). After him are Iggy Azalea (1990), Robert May, Baron May of Oxford (1936), Herb Elliott (1938), Mark Viduka (1975), Alexander Volkanovski (1988), and Vern Schuppan (1943).

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Among ENGINEERS In Australia

Among engineers born in Australia, John Monash ranks 1. After him are Brian McGuire (1945), and Sam Michael (1971).

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