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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1751 - 1816

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Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751 – 7 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and Ilchester. The owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London, he wrote several prominent plays such as The Rivals (1775), The Duenna (1775), The School for Scandal (1777) and A Trip to Scarborough (1777). He served as Treasurer of the Navy from 1806 to 1807. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Brinsley Sheridan has received more than 717,247 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Richard Brinsley Sheridan is the 11,376th most popular politician (down from 9,872nd in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 109th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Brinsley Sheridan ranks 11,376 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Juan José Torres, Borommatrailokkanat, Ludwig Scotty, Çandarlızade Ali Pasha, and Horace Greeley. After him are Eleazar López Contreras, Pei Xiu, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Yanis Varoufakis, Pandulf Ironhead, and Reginar I Longneck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1751, Richard Brinsley Sheridan ranks 22. Before him are Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Clement Mary Hofbauer, François Joseph Westermann, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen, and Julie Billiart. After him are Anders Dahl, Johann Heinrich Voss, Uesugi Harunori, William Roxburgh, John Abbot, and Corona Schröter. Among people deceased in 1816, Richard Brinsley Sheridan ranks 20. Before him are Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Christiane Vulpius, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Constantine Ypsilantis, and Julie Billiart. After him are Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau, Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Dorothea Jordan, Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Brinsley Sheridan ranks 127 out of 549. Before him are Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Dan O'Herlihy (1919), and Turlough O'Carolan (1670). After him are William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), Aidan Gillen (1968), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Alan Cunningham (1887), and Pat Cox (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Richard Brinsley Sheridan ranks 24. Before him are Constantine III of Scotland (971), John Boland (1870), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Douglas Hyde (1860), Daniel O'Connell (1775), and William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737). After him are Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Pat Cox (1952), John Bruton (1947), Edward Bruce (1275), Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), and Patrick Hillery (1923).

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