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Alexander Hamilton

1755 - 1804

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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during the presidency of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Born out of wedlock in Charlestown, Nevis, Hamilton was orphaned as a child and taken in by a prosperous merchant. He was given a scholarship and pursued his education at King's College (now Columbia University) in New York City where, despite his young age, he was an anonymous but prolific and widely read pamphleteer and advocate for the American Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Hamilton is the 26th most popular economist (down from 23rd in 2019), the most popular biography from Saint Kitts and Nevis and the most popular Kittian and Nevisian Economist.

Alexander Hamilton is most famous for being one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the first Secretary of the Treasury.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Alexander Hamilton ranks 26 out of 414. Before him are Klaus Schwab, William F. Sharpe, Jan Tinbergen, Robert Lucas Jr., Ragnar Frisch, and Paul Samuelson. After him are Jean-Baptiste Say, Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Gunnar Myrdal, Henri Fayol, and Anne Robert Jacques Turgot.

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Among people born in 1755, Alexander Hamilton ranks 6. Before him are Marie Antoinette, Louis XVIII of France, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Paul Barras, and Axel von Fersen the Younger. After him are Samuel Hahnemann, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, James Parkinson, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Georges Couthon, and Anthony of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1804, Alexander Hamilton ranks 3. Before him are Immanuel Kant, and Joseph Priestley. After him are Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Jacques Necker, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, Pierre Méchain, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Jean-Charles Pichegru, and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

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In Saint Kitts and Nevis

Among people born in Saint Kitts and Nevis, Alexander Hamilton ranks 1 out of 10. After him are Tapley Seaton (1950), Cuthbert Sebastian (1921), Edmund Wickham Lawrence (1932), Denzil Douglas (1953), Clement Arrindell (1931), Joan Armatrading (1950), Kim Collins (1976), Timothy Harris (1964), Keith Gumbs (1972), and Amya Clarke (1999).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Saint Kitts and Nevis

Among economists born in Saint Kitts and Nevis, Alexander Hamilton ranks 1. 

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