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Hugh Dowding

1882 - 1970

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Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, (24 April 1882 – 15 February 1970) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and is generally credited with playing a crucial role in Britain's defence, and hence, the defeat of Operation Sea Lion, Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain. Born in Moffat, Scotland, Dowding was an officer in the British Army in the 1900s and early 1910s. He joined the Royal Flying Corps at the start of the First World War and went on to serve as a fighter pilot and then as commanding officer of No. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Dowding is the 258th most popular military personnel (up from 1,179th in 2019), the 620th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,018th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hugh Dowding ranks 258 out of 2,058. Before him are Kurt Student, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Craterus, Bertrand du Guesclin, Amr ibn al-As, and Erhard Milch. After him are J. D. Tippit, Date Masamune, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Federico da Montefeltro, Eumenes, and Pedro de Alvarado.

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Among people born in 1882, Hugh Dowding ranks 43. Before him are René Coty, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Charles Ponzi, Robert H. Goddard, Karol Szymanowski, and Jacques Maritain. After him are A. A. Milne, Moritz Schlick, Nicolai Hartmann, Lluís Companys, Otto Neurath, and Yanka Kupala. Among people deceased in 1970, Hugh Dowding ranks 32. Before him are Jochen Rindt, Napoleon Hill, Eric Berne, Artem Mikoyan, Vladimir Propp, and Leslie Groves. After him are Bruce McLaren, Italo Gariboldi, Frances Farmer, Władysław Anders, Andrey Yeryomenko, and Francis Peyton Rous.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Dowding ranks 620 out of 8,785. Before him are Mike Oldfield (1953), David Attenborough (1926), Eystein II of Norway (1125), Mary Anning (1799), Robert Palmer (1949), and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863). After him are Derek Barton (1918), Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), Colin Renfrew (1937), Isaac Barrow (1631), Donald Winnicott (1896), and Daniel Craig (1968).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Hugh Dowding ranks 16. Before him are William Stuart-Houston (1911), Gertrude Bell (1868), Captain Tom (1920), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Rudolf Abel (1903), and Jack Phillips (1887). After him are Timothy Laurence (1955), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Charles Lee (1731), Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738).

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