POLITICIAN

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

1708 - 1778

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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. Historians call him "Chatham" or "Pitt the Elder" to distinguish him from his son William Pitt the Younger, who also served as prime minister. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham has received more than 1,736,871 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham is the 7,599th most popular politician (down from 7,475th in 2019), the 1,511th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,566th in 2019) and the 245th most popular British Politician.

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  • 56.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 7,599 out of 19,576. Before him are Edward the Exile, Józef Cyrankiewicz, Joseph Darnand, Hayam Wuruk, Beatrice of Luxembourg, and Harry Dexter White. After him are Johann Trollmann, Setepenre, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Chea Sim, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, and Wai Ren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1708, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 7. Before him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia, Albrecht von Haller, Pompeo Batoni, Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, and 7th Dalai Lama. After him are Antiochus Kantemir, Egidio Duni, Olof von Dalin, Johann Adolf Scheibe, Georg Dionysius Ehret, and Friedrich von Hagedorn. Among people deceased in 1778, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 9. Before him are Voltaire, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Laura Bassi, Anna Maria Mozart, James Hargreaves, and Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano. After him are Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Thomas Arne, Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Francesca Cuzzoni, and Charles De Geer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 1,511 out of 8,785. Before him are Matthew Boulton (1728), Andrew Parker Bowles (1939), Jared Harris (1961), Edward the Exile (1016), Bill Ward (1948), and Henry Sidgwick (1838). After him are Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), Catherine Eddowes (1842), Francis Darwin (1848), Eddie Redmayne (1982), William Parry (1790), and Henry Gray (1827).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 245. Before him are Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473), Arthur Phillip (1738), Henry Pelham (1694), Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373), John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), and Edward the Exile (1016). After him are William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608), Beorhtric of Wessex (800), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Lord William Bentinck (1774), and Gytha of Wessex (1053).

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