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Warren Hastings

1732 - 1818

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Warren Hastings (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first governor-general of Bengal in 1772–1785. He and Robert Clive are credited with laying the foundation of the British Empire in India. He was an energetic organizer and reformer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Warren Hastings has received more than 1,888,807 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Warren Hastings is the 5,714th most popular politician (down from 4,632nd in 2019), the 1,140th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,002nd in 2019) and the 191st most popular British Politician.

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  • 39

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  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Warren Hastings ranks 5,714 out of 19,576. Before him are Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Rodrigo Lara, Bermudo III of León, William I, Count of Holland, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, and Teréz Brunszvik. After him are Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, Al-Mustazhir, Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, Nureddin al-Atassi, Domnall mac Ailpín, and Sigurd the Crusader.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, Warren Hastings ranks 16. Before him are Johann Christoph Adelung, Richard Arkwright, Abbas III, John Dickinson, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Carl Gotthard Langhans. After him are Peter Forsskål, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Hieronymus von Colloredo, František Brixi, Joseph von Sonnenfels, and Nevil Maskelyne. Among people deceased in 1818, Warren Hastings ranks 17. Before him are Paul Revere, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Alexandre Pétion, Abigail Adams, and Heinrich Füger. After him are Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Marcello Bacciarelli, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Leopold Koželuch, Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Marie-Gabrielle Capet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Warren Hastings ranks 1,140 out of 8,785. Before him are Gareth Jones (1905), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), Adrian Lyne (1941), William Bligh (1754), Angus Deaton (1945), and Charles Bell (1774). After him are Allen Carr (1934), Domnall mac Ailpín (812), John Austin (1790), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Francis Walsingham (1532), and Lord Alfred Douglas (1870).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Warren Hastings ranks 191. Before him are Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Llywelyn the Great (1173), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (1936), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), and Alexander II of Scotland (1198). After him are Domnall mac Ailpín (812), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Francis Walsingham (1532), Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935).

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