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William Lyon Mackenzie

1795 - 1861

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William Lyon Mackenzie (March 12, 1795 – August 28, 1861) was a Scottish Canadian-American journalist and politician. He founded newspapers critical of the Family Compact, a term used to identify elite members of Upper Canada. He represented York County in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada and aligned with Reformers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Lyon Mackenzie has received more than 885,680 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Lyon Mackenzie is the 16,754th most popular politician, the 5,129th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 590th most popular British Politician.

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  • 890k

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  • 50.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Lyon Mackenzie ranks 16,754 out of 19,576. Before him are Ali Shah Durrani, Vitaliy Zakharchenko, Kubatbek Boronov, Emil Jónsson, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, and Yekta Uzunoglu. After him are Meglena Kuneva, Mohamed Nasheed, Elisabeta Lipă, Nellie Sengupta, Senkamanisken, and Anne-Marie Lizin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, William Lyon Mackenzie ranks 65. Before him are Benizelos Roufos, Pedro Blanco Soto, John P. Kennedy, Charles Sturt, John Francis Davis, and Benjamin Franklin Butler. After him are Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, Frances Wright, and Robert F. Stockton. Among people deceased in 1861, William Lyon Mackenzie ranks 65. Before him are Édouard Ménétries, José María Linares, Jorge Córdova, Robert O'Hara Burke, Pierre Bosquet, and Eliphalet Remington. After him are Nathaniel Lyon, and Edward Dickinson Baker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Lyon Mackenzie ranks 5,129 out of 8,785. Before him are Lennox Berkeley (1903), Kenneth Connor (1918), Jule Styne (1905), Marina Diamandis (1985), Joyce Cary (1888), and John Stainer (1840). After him are Simon Shelton (1966), Vic Elford (1935), Roger Taylor (1960), Nellie Sengupta (1886), Michael Robinson (1958), and David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Lyon Mackenzie ranks 590. Before him are John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), James McHenry (1753), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), Erskine Childers (1870), George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), and Titus Oates (1649). After him are Nellie Sengupta (1886), William Paterson (1745), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748), John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873), and Denis Healey (1917).

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