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Thomas Gresham

1519 - 1579

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Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (; c. 1519 – 21 November 1579) was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Gresham has received more than 251,398 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Gresham is the 6,490th most popular politician (down from 5,676th in 2019), the 1,280th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,197th in 2019) and the 214th most popular British Politician.

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  • 28

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  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas Gresham ranks 6,490 out of 19,576. Before him are Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Sadyr Japarov, Pavel Axelrod, Apollonius Molon, Hendrik Verwoerd, and Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria. After him are Nikol Pashinyan, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, Roberta Metsola, Pierre Werner, Philip I of Macedon, and Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1519, Thomas Gresham ranks 14. Before him are Isabella Jagiellon, Occhiali, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Andrea Cesalpino, and Antonis Mor. After him are Frans Floris, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, and Girolamo Mei. Among people deceased in 1579, Thomas Gresham ranks 7. Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Joseph Nasi, Hans Staden, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, and Diego de Landa. After him are Ferenc Dávid, Vicente Juan Masip, Stanislaus Hosius, Simão Rodrigues, Juan Fernández Navarrete, and John Ogilvie.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gresham ranks 1,280 out of 8,785. Before him are Walafrid Strabo (808), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), Alexander of Hales (1175), David Byron (1947), Mark Sykes (1879), and Shirley Bassey (1937). After him are Edward Lear (1812), Mary Leakey (1913), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), Barbara Cartland (1901), John Horton Conway (1937), and Clive Owen (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gresham ranks 214. Before him are James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), and John Hawkwood (1320). After him are Alexander I of Scotland (1078), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), Joan of Kent (1328), Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870), Fletcher Christian (1764), and Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451).

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