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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

1850 - 1942

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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1 May 1850 – 16 January 1942) was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He served as Governor General of Canada, the tenth since Canadian Confederation and the only British prince to do so. Arthur was educated by private tutors before entering the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich at 16 years old. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn has received more than 3,057,036 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn is the 2,964th most popular politician (down from 2,444th in 2019), the 632nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 568th in 2019) and the 112th most popular British Politician.

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn is most famous for being the third son of Queen Victoria. He served as Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ranks 2,964 out of 19,576. Before him are Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Philip II, Duke of Savoy, Emperor Yuan of Han, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Leopold I, Duke of Austria, and Archduke Ernest of Austria. After him are Berenice I of Egypt, Telamon, Emperor Qinzong, Bahram I, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, and Mahmud I of Great Seljuq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ranks 13. Before him are Sofia Kovalevskaya, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Charles Richet, Pierre Loti, and Mihai Eminescu. After him are Oliver Heaviside, Ignác Goldziher, Luigi Cadorna, Lafcadio Hearn, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, and Henry Louis Le Chatelier. Among people deceased in 1942, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ranks 28. Before him are Sabina Spielrein, Yanka Kupala, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Kārlis Ulmanis, Carole Lombard, and Hector Guimard. After him are Herschel Grynszpan, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Jozef Gabčík, Grant Wood, and Tina Modotti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ranks 632 out of 8,785. Before him are John Newlands (1837), Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864), Alfonso de Portago (1928), Charles Laughton (1899), Willibrord (658), and William Shockley (1910). After him are Alice Liddell (1852), John Bunyan (1628), Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868), Julian Barnes (1946), Kenneth MacAlpin (810), and Henry Bessemer (1813).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ranks 112. Before him are Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453), Norman Angell (1872), James III of Scotland (1451), James II of Scotland (1430), Robert II of Scotland (1316), and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532). After him are Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868), Kenneth MacAlpin (810), Philippa of England (1394), Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), and Gladwyn Jebb (1900).

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