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Alfred Escher

1819 - 1882

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Johann Heinrich Alfred Escher vom Glas colloquially Alfred Escher (20 February 1819 – 6 December 1882) was a Swiss business magnate, banker, railway pioneer and politician who most notably served on the National Council from 1848 to 1882 for the Liberal Party. Escher was born into a well-established old family of Zurich, Switzerland. Through his numerous political posts and his significant role in the foundation and management of the Swiss Northeastern Railway, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Credit Suisse, Swiss Life and the Gotthard Railway, Escher had an unmatched influence on Switzerland's political and economic development in the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Escher is the 9,116th most popular politician (down from 7,520th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 203rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alfred Escher ranks 9,116 out of 19,576. Before him are Vlastimir, William of Champlitte, William II, Elector of Hesse, Aulus Atilius Calatinus, Lars-Emil Johansen, and Kilij Arslan III. After him are John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, István Horthy, Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia, Rafael Carrera, Alberts Kviesis, and Meleager.

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Among people born in 1819, Alfred Escher ranks 44. Before him are Roger Fenton, Wilhelm Marr, Thomas A. Hendricks, Franz Abt, Eunice Newton Foote, and Estanislao Figueras. After him are Clément Juglar, Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Pieter Bleeker, Gustave de Molinari, and Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. Among people deceased in 1882, Alfred Escher ranks 39. Before him are Anthony Trollope, Henry Cole, János Arany, Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Berthold Auerbach, and Estanislao Figueras. After him are Johann Benedict Listing, Đuro Daničić, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, Georges Leclanché, John Scott Russell, and Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Alfred Escher ranks 253 out of 1,015. Before him are Paul Wild (1925), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), Rudolf Wolf (1816), Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884), Didier Burkhalter (1960), and Ludwig Senfl (1486). After him are Heinrich Glarean (1488), Carl Lutz (1895), Lucien Favre (1957), Hans-Rudolf Merz (1942), Carl Jacob Burckhardt (1891), and Heinz Holliger (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Alfred Escher ranks 36. Before him are Joseph Deiss (1946), Leonardo Conti (1900), Joanna of Pfirt (1300), Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (1968), Ubol Ratana (1951), and Didier Burkhalter (1960). After him are Carl Lutz (1895), Hans-Rudolf Merz (1942), Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956), Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886), Moritz Leuenberger (1946), and Matilda of Habsburg (1253).

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