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Boston Corbett

1832 - 1894

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Thomas H. "Boston" Corbett (January 29, 1832 – disappeared c. May 26, 1888) was an English-born American soldier and milliner who, on April 26, 1865, killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. He shot and mortally wounded Booth when his regiment surrounded the barn on the Booth was hiding in on the Garrett Farm in Port Royal, Virginia. The American media and public largely considered Corbett a hero for his actions. Known for his devout religious beliefs and eccentric behavior, Corbett was reportedly a good soldier and had been a prisoner of war at Andersonville Prison. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boston Corbett is the 1,861st most popular military personnel (down from 1,767th in 2019), the 4,383rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,447th in 2019) and the 105th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Boston Corbett ranks 1,861 out of 2,058. Before him are Richard Marcinko, Richard S. Ewell, George Crook, A. P. Hill, Miles Dempsey, and Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. After him are Musa Gareyev, Marcellinus, Martin Dempsey, Johannes Block, Mariya Smirnova, and Israel Putnam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Boston Corbett ranks 92. Before him are Walter Q. Gresham, Isaac Israel Hayes, Edward Newton, Juris Alunāns, Gyula Szapáry, and Mary Everest Boole. After him are Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg, Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Lizardo Montero Flores, Nikiforos Lytras, Samuel Colman, and Louise Rayner. Among people deceased in 1894, Boston Corbett ranks 82. Before him are José Eugenio Ellauri, Kitamura Tokoku, Victor Duruy, George Romanes, Svend Foyn, and Lobengula. After him are Remigio Morales Bermúdez, David Payne, George Inness, George Peter Alexander Healy, Alexander Wittek, and Joseph Schröter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Boston Corbett ranks 4,384 out of 8,785. Before him are Freddie Francis (1917), Gavin Harrison (1963), Charles Bradlaugh (1833), Steve Cooper (1979), James Mellaart (1925), and Sonia Robertson (1947). After him are Sax Rohmer (1883), Tony Trimmer (1943), Rachel Portman (1960), John Grierson (1898), Maxwell T. Masters (1833), and Richard Rodney Bennett (1936).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Boston Corbett ranks 105. Before him are Andy Green (1962), John Byng (1704), Eddie Chapman (1914), Christopher Cradock (1862), George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800), and Miles Dempsey (1896). After him are Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663), John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), Oliver Leese (1894), Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862), and George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866).

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