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Arthur Phillip

1738 - 1814

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Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales. Phillip was educated at Greenwich Hospital School from June 1751 until December 1753. He then became an apprentice on the whaling ship Fortune. With the outbreak of the Seven Years' War against France, Phillip enlisted in the Royal Navy as captain's servant to Michael Everitt aboard HMS Buckingham. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Phillip is the 5,845th most popular politician (up from 7,516th in 2019), the 1,316th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,487th in 2019) and the 246th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arthur Phillip ranks 5,845 out of 19,576. Before him are Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, Emperor Go-Kōgon, Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia, Mariamne, Rama III, and Infanta Maria of Guimarães. After him are Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, Lenín Moreno, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Şehsuvar Sultan, James III of Majorca, and Bernardino Machado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Arthur Phillip ranks 11. Before him are Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Túpac Amaru II, Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Thomas Abbt, and Ethan Allen. After him are Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Johann Hermann, Aleijadinho, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Thomas Nelson Jr., and Jacques François Dugommier. Among people deceased in 1814, Arthur Phillip ranks 11. Before him are Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Benjamin Thompson, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, and Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne. After him are Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, Matthew Flinders, and Elbridge Gerry.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Phillip ranks 1,316 out of 8,785. Before him are Frances Fisher (1952), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Robert Recorde (1512), Hugh Griffith (1912), Frank Oz (1944), and Jonathan Edwards (1966). After him are Luke Evans (1979), Elias Ashmole (1617), Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), Michael Wilding (1912), Charles Spearman (1863), and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Arthur Phillip ranks 246. Before him are Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), George Canning (1770), Rob Roy MacGregor (1671), Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), and Lord Randolph Churchill (1849). After him are Olave Baden-Powell (1889), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Jeremy Corbyn (1949), and Henry Tingle Wilde (1872).

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