POLITICIAN

Edmund Burke

1729 - 1797

Photo of Edmund Burke

Icon of person Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke (; 12 January [NS] 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish politician, journalist and philosopher who is regarded as the founder of the social and cultural philosophy of conservatism. Regarded as one of the most influential conservative thinkers and writers, Burke spent the majority of his political career in Great Britain and was elected as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1766 to 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party. His writings played a crucial role in influencing public views and opinions in both Britain and France following the 1789 French Revolution, and therefore remains a major figure in modern conservative political circles. Burke was a proponent of underpinning virtues with manners in society and of the importance of religious institutions for the moral stability and good of the state. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Burke is the 1,041st most popular politician (down from 778th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Politician.

Edmund Burke is most famous for his work on the French Revolution, in which he argued that the revolution was a natural consequence of the Enlightenment and the ideas of the philosophes.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Edmund Burke by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edmund Burke ranks 1,041 out of 19,576. Before him are Marwan I, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Henry I of England, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Konstantin von Neurath, and Adolphe Thiers. After him are Constantine II, Maria Luisa of Spain, Eleanor of Austria, John I Tzimiskes, Jair Bolsonaro, and Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Edmund Burke ranks 4. Before him are Catherine the Great, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and Louis, Dauphin of France. After him are Moses Mendelssohn, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Antonio Soler, Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, and Johann Daniel Titius. Among people deceased in 1797, Edmund Burke ranks 5. Before him are Frederick William II of Prussia, Baron Munchausen, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Horace Walpole. After him are François-Noël Babeuf, James Hutton, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Lazare Hoche, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Vilna Gaon.

Others Born in 1729

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1797

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Edmund Burke ranks 15 out of 549. Before him are Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850), Mary Harris Jones (1837), John Scotus Eriugena (810), Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Brigid of Kildare (451), and Bram Stoker (1847). After him are Michael Gambon (1940), Francis Bacon (1909), Eddie Jordan (1948), Sinéad O'Connor (1966), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769).

Others born in Ireland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Edmund Burke ranks 1. After him are George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), Michael D. Higgins (1941), Bertie Ahern (1951), Harald Gille (1103), John Boland (1870), Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Michael Collins (1890), Brian Cowen (1960), Mary Robinson (1944), and Malcolm II of Scotland (954).

Irish born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous