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Thomas Fairfax

1612 - 1671

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Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 1612 – 12 November 1671), also known as Sir Thomas Fairfax, was an English politician, general and Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War. An adept and talented commander, Fairfax led Parliament to many victories, including the crucial Battle of Naseby, effectively becoming military ruler of England, but he was eventually overshadowed by his subordinate Oliver Cromwell, who was more politically adept and radical in action against Charles I. Fairfax became dissatisfied with Cromwell's policy and publicly refused to take part in Charles's show trial. Eventually he resigned, leaving Cromwell to control the country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Fairfax has received more than 592,327 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Thomas Fairfax is the 10,321st most popular politician (up from 11,458th in 2019), the 2,117th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,569th in 2019) and the 321st most popular British Politician.

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  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Thomas Fairfax has had the most page views in the with 104,755 views, followed by Russian (8,693), and German (4,140). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Slovak (214.87%), Manx (181.07%), and Egyptian Arabic (86.93%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas Fairfax ranks 10,321 out of 19,576. Before him are Odo I, Count of Orléans, Caratacus, Dasharatha Maurya, Abdullah Mirza, Dawoud Rajiha, and Francesco Molin. After him are Edmund Crouchback, Mangrai, Rana Sanga, Henri Druey, Ramón Franco, and Arthur Bernardes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, Thomas Fairfax ranks 20. Before him are Janusz Radziwiłł, Margherita de' Medici, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Louis, Duke of Vendôme, John Albert Vasa, and Frans Post. After him are August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, Pier Francesco Mola, Anne Bradstreet, Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, and James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. Among people deceased in 1671, Thomas Fairfax ranks 13. Before him are Petar Zrinski, Sébastien Bourdon, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Roche Braziliano, Yerofey Khabarov, and Antonio Barberini. After him are Jan van Bijlert, Yun Seondo, Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, and Roshanara Begum.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Fairfax ranks 2,117 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Hammill (1948), William Bayliss (1860), William Blackstone (1723), Caratacus (15), Roger Bannister (1929), and Michael Byrne (1943). After him are Michael Bond (1926), Edmund Crouchback (1245), Liam Gallagher (1972), Samantha Eggar (1939), Catherine Carey (1523), and Dennis Viollet (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Fairfax ranks 321. Before him are John Profumo (1915), Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883), Edward Balliol (1283), Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182), James Connolly (1868), and Caratacus (15). After him are Edmund Crouchback (1245), Catherine Carey (1523), William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748), Rosamund Clifford (1150), Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914), and Bobby Sands (1954).

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