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Timothy Dexter

1747 - 1806

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Timothy Dexter (January 22, 1747 – October 23, 1806), self-styled Lord Timothy Dexter, was an American businessman noted for his eccentric behavior and writings. He became wealthy through marriage and a series of improbably successful investments and spent his fortune lavishly. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Timothy Dexter has received more than 1,854,672 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Timothy Dexter is the 337th most popular businessperson, the 3,870th most popular biography from United States and the 103rd most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 15

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  • 2.50

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  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Timothy Dexter ranks 337 out of 847. Before him are Roy E. Disney, Edwin Drake, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Martin Winterkorn, Sundar Pichai, and Viktor Vekselberg. After him are B. C. Forbes, Lamine Diack, Max Manus, Chris Gardner, Evangelos Zappas, and Arthur D. Levinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, Timothy Dexter ranks 18. Before him are Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, Józef Wybicki, Armand Louis de Gontaut, Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, John Paul Jones, and Grigory Shelikhov. After him are George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer, Franz von Paula Schrank, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, Jean-François Rewbell, and Alexander Bezborodko. Among people deceased in 1806, Timothy Dexter ranks 34. Before him are George Stubbs, Federico Gravina, Fra Diavolo, Horatio Gates, Michael von Melas, and Gim Hongdo. After him are Jean Joseph Mounier, Eugenios Voulgaris, Charles James Fox, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, Gabriel François Doyen, and George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Timothy Dexter ranks 3,870 out of 20,380. Before him are Wayne Rainey (1960), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), Sam Phillips (1923), Ronnie Spector (1943), Jim Gray (1944), and Kyra Sedgwick (1965). After him are Michael McKean (1947), David Lewis (1941), Charles Wilkes (1798), David Robinson (1965), Sheryl Crow (1962), and Winnaretta Singer (1865).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Timothy Dexter ranks 103. Before him are Jerry Buss (1933), David Koch (1940), Chuck Feeney (1931), Linda McMahon (1948), Roy E. Disney (1930), and Edwin Drake (1819). After him are Chris Gardner (1954), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), Arnold Rothstein (1882), Charles Geschke (1939), Allen Klein (1931), and John D. Rockefeller III (1906).

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