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Hugo von Pohl

1855 - 1916

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Hugo von Pohl (25 August 1855 – 23 February 1916) was a German admiral who served during the First World War. He joined the Navy in 1872 and served in various capacities, including with the new torpedo boats in the 1880s, and in the Reichsmarineamt (Imperial Navy Office) in the 1890s. He eventually reached the rank of Vizeadmiral and held the position of Chief of the Admiralty Staff in 1913. As Chief of the Admiralty Staff, Pohl was an outspoken advocate of unrestricted submarine warfare, and he put the policy into effect as he left the post on 1 February 1915. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo von Pohl is the 10,690th most popular politician (up from 11,108th in 2019), the 641st most popular biography from Poland (up from 703rd in 2019) and the 163rd most popular Polish Politician.

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Among politicians, Hugo von Pohl ranks 10,690 out of 19,576. Before her are Qu Qiubai, Pedro Pablo Ramírez, Ralpacan, King Yi of Zhou, Vakhtang II of Georgia, and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera. After her are John I, Duke of Saxony, Gaius Sallustius Passienus Crispus, Ezzelino III da Romano, Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, and Wakatsuki Reijirō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Hugo von Pohl ranks 52. Before her are Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Christian Bohr, Albert F. Mummery, Hermes da Fonseca, and Samad bey Mehmandarov. After her are Rodolphe Lindt, Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Jean Lorrain, Alfred Ewing, Julius Röntgen, and Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha. Among people deceased in 1916, Hugo von Pohl ranks 83. Before her are Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Patrick Pearse, Cai E, Higaonna Kanryō, Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and Adolph Frank. After her are Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, Eduard Nápravník, Artúr Görgei, Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, and Ioannis Frangoudis.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Hugo von Pohl ranks 641 out of 1,694. Before her are Józef Haller (1873), Philip I, Duke of Pomerania (1515), Julius von Sachs (1832), Aleksander Fredro (1793), Heinrich George (1893), and Walther Wever (1887). After her are Wincenty Witos (1874), Zofia Posmysz (1923), Abraham Robinson (1918), Leszek Miller (1946), Yehuda Ashlag (1886), and Szymon Marciniak (1981).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Hugo von Pohl ranks 163. Before her are Rafał Trzaskowski (1972), Mieczysław Rakowski (1926), Władysław Czartoryski (1828), Józef Wybicki (1747), Lothar Bisky (1941), and Józef Haller (1873). After her are Wincenty Witos (1874), Leszek Miller (1946), Yehuda Ashlag (1886), Hanna Suchocka (1946), Henryk Jabłoński (1909), and Bolesław II the Horned (1217).

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