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Pierre de Decker

1812 - 1891

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Pierre (Pieter) Jacques François de Decker (25 January 1812 – 4 January 1891) was a Belgian Roman Catholic politician, statesman and author. He was educated at a Jesuit school, studied law at Paris, and became one of the editors of the Revue de Bruxelles. In 1839 he was elected to the Belgian lower chamber, where he gained a great reputation for oratory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre de Decker has received more than 25,510 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Pierre de Decker is the 7,469th most popular politician (up from 14,565th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 639th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Belgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierre de Decker ranks 7,469 out of 19,576. Before him are Nitobe Inazō, Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha, Nikos Zachariadis, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, and Wu Yi. After him are Faina Ranevskaya, Pandarus, Mithridates III of Pontus, Einar Thambarskelfir, Olena Zelenska, and Rafael Casanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Pierre de Decker ranks 27. Before him are Friedrich von Flotow, Paul Abadie, Edward Lear, Zuo Zongtang, Édouard Séguin, and Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès. After him are Ilija Garašanin, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, Zygmunt Krasiński, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Hendrik Conscience, and Berthold Auerbach. Among people deceased in 1891, Pierre de Decker ranks 41. Before him are Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark, Leon Pinsker, Joseph E. Johnston, Théodore de Banville, and Fredrik Pacius. After him are Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Jean Stas, N. R. Pogson, Aleksander Chodźko, Giovanni Morelli, and Carl Nägeli.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pierre de Decker ranks 262 out of 1,190. Before him are Ovide Decroly (1871), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Pierre Deligne (1944), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632), and John of Ruusbroec (1293). After him are François-Joseph Fétis (1784), Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), Fernando (null), Jean Stas (1813), and Lucien Van Impe (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Pierre de Decker ranks 71. Before him are Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942), Leo Tindemans (1922), Jean Rey (1902), Emile Vandervelde (1866), Henry III, Duke of Brabant (1231), and John II, Duke of Brabant (1275). After him are Camille Huysmans (1871), Gustaaf Deloor (1913), Willy Claes (1938), Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833), Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322), and Alexander De Croo (1975).

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