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Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet

1715 - 1774

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Major-General Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (c. 1715 – 11 July 1774), was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Ireland known for his military and governance work in British colonial America. As a young man, Johnson moved to the Province of New York to manage an estate purchased by his uncle, Royal Navy officer Peter Warren, which was located in territory of the Mohawk, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League, or Haudenosaunee. Johnson learned the Mohawk language and Iroquois customs, and was appointed the British agent to the Iroquois. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet has received more than 418,148 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet is the 16,394th most popular politician, the 293rd most popular biography from Ireland and the 48th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet ranks 16,394 out of 19,576. Before him are Albert Reynolds, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Erwin Teufel, Randa Kassis, Marita Petersen, and Mário da Graça Machungo. After him are Lucina Hagman, Tatyana Averina, Pete Wilson, Petras Klimas, Supachai Panitchpakdi, and Raimundo Andueza Palacio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet ranks 20. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Jean-Étienne Guettard, and Pedro Antonio de Cevallos.  Among people deceased in 1774, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet ranks 20. Before him are Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Anna Morandi Manzolini, Johan Peter Falk, Otto von Münchhausen, and Henry Baker. After him is William Hewson.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet ranks 293 out of 549. Before him are Richard Mulcahy (1886), William Stokes (1804), Michael McElhatton (1963), Stephen Gately (1976), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), and Albert Reynolds (1932). After him are Denis Irwin (1965), Graham Norton (1963), Brian Shawe-Taylor (1915), Mary Proctor (1862), Geraldine Somerville (1967), and Michael O'Leary (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet ranks 48. Before him are Cathal Brugha (1874), Jack Lynch (1917), John A. Costello (1891), Peter Sutherland (1946), Richard Mulcahy (1886), and Albert Reynolds (1932). After him are Joseph Plunkett (1887), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), William Hobson (1792), William J. Duane (1780), Seán Lemass (1899), and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (1116).

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