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Damrong Rajanubhab

1862 - 1943

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Prince Tisavarakumara, the Prince Damrong Rajanubhab (Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าดิศวรกุมาร กรมพระยาดำรงราชานุภาพ; RTGS: Ditsawarakuman Damrongrachanuphap) (21 June 1862 – 1 December 1943) was the founder of the modern Thai educational system as well as the modern provincial administration. He was an autodidact, a (self-taught) historian, and one of the most influential Thai intellectuals of his time. Born as Phra Ong Chao Tisavarakumara (พระองค์เจ้าดิศวรกุมาร; "Prince Tisavarakumarn"), a son of King Mongkut with Consort Chum (เจ้าจอมมารดาชุ่ม; Chao Chom Manda Chum), a lesser royal wife; he initially learned Thai and Pali from private tutors, and English at the Royal School with Mr. Francis George Patterson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Damrong Rajanubhab is the 13,286th most popular politician (down from 13,026th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Thailand (up from 67th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Thai Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Damrong Rajanubhab ranks 13,286 out of 19,576. Before him are Masayoshi Ito, Jiří Hájek, Carlos Soublette, Pavel Schilling, Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart, and Gessius Florus. After him are John Lynch, Atys of Lydia, Yu Zhengsheng, Giovanni Soranzo, Caradoc, and Panagis Tsaldaris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Damrong Rajanubhab ranks 106. Before him are Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Émile Mâle, Abram Arkhipov, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Wilhelm Solf, and John de Robeck. After him are Robert Ford, Maironis, Meliton Balanchivadze, Milenko Radomar Vesnić, Hugo Erdmann, and Edward Granville Browne. Among people deceased in 1943, Damrong Rajanubhab ranks 151. Before him are Doris Miller, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, Helen Herron Taft, Kristjan Raud, Kiyotsugu Hirayama, and Aleš Hrdlička. After him are Mihailo Petrović, Vittorio Sella, Aliagha Shikhlinski, Nikolai Avksentiev, George Hillyard, and Harry Baur.

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In Thailand

Among people born in Thailand, Damrong Rajanubhab ranks 64 out of 186. Before him are Banharn Silpa-archa (1932), Mangrai (1238), Phraya Manopakorn Nititada (1884), Sunthorn Phu (1786), Sanya Dharmasakti (1907), and Suraphol Sombatcharoen (1930). After him are Apasra Hongsakula (1947), Pote Sarasin (1905), Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan (1948), Prawit Wongsuwon (1945), Thongchai McIntyre (1958), and Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In Thailand

Among politicians born in Thailand, Damrong Rajanubhab ranks 46. Before him are Phetracha (1632), Chavalit Yongchaiyudh (1932), Banharn Silpa-archa (1932), Mangrai (1238), Phraya Manopakorn Nititada (1884), and Sanya Dharmasakti (1907). After him are Pote Sarasin (1905), Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan (1948), Prawit Wongsuwon (1945), Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena (1887), Borommatrailokkanat (1431), and Kriangsak Chamanan (1917).

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