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Lin Zexu

1785 - 1850

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Lin Zexu (30 August 1785 – 22 November 1850), courtesy name Yuanfu, was a Chinese political philosopher and politician. He was a head of state (Viceroy), Governor General, scholar-official, and under the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing dynasty best known for his role in the First Opium War of 1839–42. He was from Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lin Zexu has received more than 550,535 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Lin Zexu is the 2,621st most popular politician (up from 2,795th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from China (up from 213th in 2019) and the 129th most popular Chinese Politician.

Lin Zexu was a Chinese official who served in the Qing Dynasty. He is most famous for his refusal to allow the British to take opium into China, and he ordered the destruction of more than 20,000 chests of opium.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lin Zexu ranks 2,621 out of 19,576. Before him are Boris Nemtsov, Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France, William II of Holland, Emperor Zhao of Han, and Intef I. After him are Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Clotilde of France, Hacı I Giray, Stephen II of Hungary, Isser Harel, and Nawal El Saadawi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Lin Zexu ranks 7. Before him are Louis XVII of France, Mahmud II, Jacob Grimm, Karl Drais, Alessandro Manzoni, and Bettina von Arnim. After him are Claude-Louis Navier, Thomas De Quincey, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Pierre Louis Dulong, John James Audubon, and Jean Charles Athanase Peltier. Among people deceased in 1850, Lin Zexu ranks 13. Before him are Báb, José de San Martín, Marie Tussaud, Frédéric Bastiat, Louise of Orléans, and Johann Heinrich von Thünen. After him are Germain Henri Hess, José Gervasio Artigas, Robert Peel, Nikolaus Lenau, Jean-Pierre Boyer, and Józef Bem.

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In China

Among people born in China, Lin Zexu ranks 200 out of 1,610. Before him are Jie of Xia (-1728), Emperor Gaozong of Song (1107), Xiahou Dun (155), John Woo (1946), Külüg Khan (1281), and Emperor Zhao of Han (-94). After him are Wong Fei-hung (1925), Meng Tian (-250), Zhang Zuolin (1875), Cao Xueqin (1724), Liu Xiaobo (1955), and Wang Anshi (1021).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Lin Zexu ranks 129. Before him are Emperor Ling of Han (156), Gwanggaeto the Great (374), Jie of Xia (-1728), Emperor Gaozong of Song (1107), Külüg Khan (1281), and Emperor Zhao of Han (-94). After him are Zhang Zuolin (1875), Zhang Liang (-290), Emperor Yingzong of Song (1032), Empress Xiaoyichun (1727), Liu Bian (176), and Emperor Qianshao of Han (-150).

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