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Samuel Plimsoll

1824 - 1898

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Samuel Plimsoll (10 February 1824 – 3 June 1898) was a British politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line (a line on a ship's hull indicating the maximum safe draught, and therefore the minimum freeboard for the vessel in various operating conditions). Its subsequent introduction in regulation resulted in a reduction of ship sinkings and a corresponding significant improvement in seafarer safety from the late 19th century onwards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Plimsoll is the 16,884th most popular politician (down from 16,607th in 2024), the 5,179th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,021st in 2019) and the 605th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Samuel Plimsoll ranks 16,884 out of 19,576. Before him are Sheikh Abdullah, Gonzalo Córdova, Errol Barrow, Dan Crenshaw, David Malpass, and Werner Kogler. After him are Mercedes Aráoz, Harriet Harman, John N. Mitchell, Emmanuel Nadingar, Walter Forward, and Mike Mansfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Samuel Plimsoll ranks 80. Before him are Christen Dalsgaard, Victoire Léodile Béra, Charles Blondin, Franz Sigel, Edmund Kirby Smith, and Calvert Vaux. After him are Eastman Johnson, and William Allingham. Among people deceased in 1898, Samuel Plimsoll ranks 82. Before him are John Hopkinson, Thomas F. Bayard, Yakov Polonsky, George Grey, Don Carlos Buell, and William Rosecrans. After him are Georg Bühler, Benjamin Mountfort, and Blanche Bruce.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Plimsoll ranks 5,181 out of 8,785. Before him are Bryan Forbes (1926), William Bell Scott (1811), Mike Hodges (1932), Dan Crenshaw (1984), Tom Bridger (1934), and Simone Ashley (1995). After him are Stanley Sadie (1930), Heather Angel (1909), David Hampshire (1917), Harriet Harman (1950), David Mitchell (1969), and Paul Scott (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Samuel Plimsoll ranks 605. Before him are Henry Hyndman (1842), Rhodri Morgan (1939), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), William Dod (1867), John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873), and Dan Crenshaw (1984). After him are Harriet Harman (1950), Reginald McKenna (1863), George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), Adela Pankhurst (1885), Princess Claire of Belgium (1974), and Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1899).

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