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William Huskisson

1770 - 1830

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William Huskisson (11 March 1770 – 15 September 1830) was a British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament for several constituencies, including Liverpool. He is commonly known as the world's first widely reported railway passenger casualty as he was run over and fatally injured by Robert Stephenson's pioneering locomotive Rocket (however, the first railway casualty had happened 9 years earlier). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Huskisson has received more than 333,980 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Huskisson is the 13,460th most popular politician (down from 12,224th in 2019), the 3,397th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,229th in 2019) and the 459th most popular British Politician.

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  • 46.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Huskisson ranks 13,460 out of 15,577. Before him are Alexandros Nikolopoulos, Melchor Múzquiz, Coenred of Mercia, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, Atifete Jahjaga, and Rossana Rossanda. After him are Michael Müller, Eriba-Adad II, Sigeberht the Little, Sergei Zubatov, Vesna Pusić, and Alexander Stubb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1770, William Huskisson ranks 35. Before him are Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, Étienne Pivert de Senancour, William Clark, Lucia Migliaccio, and William Nicol. After him are Zaman Shah Durrani, Albrecht Berblinger, James Hogg, and David Thompson. Among people deceased in 1830, William Huskisson ranks 30. Before him are Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Elizabeth Monroe, Marcos Portugal, Jan Śniadecki, Ignaz Schuppanzigh, and William Hazlitt. After him are José de la Mar, József Katona, Károly Kisfaludy, and Carl Fredrik Fallén.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Huskisson ranks 3,397 out of 7,765. Before him are John Gower (1330), Natascha McElhone (1969), Jony Ive (1967), Roy Ward Baker (1916), Richard Wilson (1936), and R. M. Hare (1919). After him are David Marshall Lang (1924), Gabrielle Anwar (1970), Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Edward Blyth (1810), Asa Butterfield (1997), and Clifford Curzon (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Huskisson ranks 459. Before him are Gayatri Devi (1919), Tony Benn (1925), Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), Jane Marcet (1769), Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919), and John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431). After him are Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743), Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750), Emil Voigt (1883), Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887), George W. Campbell (1769), and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341).

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