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James Oglethorpe

1696 - 1785

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Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 – 30 June 1785) was a British Army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's "worthy poor" in the New World, initially focusing on those in debtors' prisons. Born to a prominent British family, Oglethorpe left college in England and a British Army commission to travel to France, where he attended a military academy before fighting under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Austro-Turkish War. He returned to England in 1718 and was elected to the British House of Commons in 1722. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Oglethorpe is the 4,876th most popular politician (up from 16,450th in 2019), the 1,117th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,878th in 2019) and the 212th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, James Oglethorpe ranks 4,876 out of 19,576. Before him are Ammi-Saduqa, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Al-Mustansir Billah, Kerbogha, Paul Ryan, and Dalmatius. After him are Vsevolod the Big Nest, Astyanax, Neferkaure, Li Dazhao, Andreas Palaiologos, and Duan Qirui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1696, James Oglethorpe ranks 9. Before him are Augustus III of Poland, Alphonsus Liguori, Maurice de Saxe, Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Shah Jahan II, and Abram Petrovich Gannibal. After him are Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Johann Melchior Molter, Marco Foscarini, and Vakhushti of Kartli. Among people deceased in 1785, James Oglethorpe ranks 7. Before him are Carlo Buonaparte, Baldassare Galuppi, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, and Pietro Longhi. After him are Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, and Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Oglethorpe ranks 1,117 out of 8,785. Before him are Eric Burdon (1941), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), John Stewart Bell (1928), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), and John William Polidori (1795). After him are Melanie C (1974), Roy Harper (1941), Mike Newell (1942), John Gray (1948), Dave Mackay (1934), and George Gilbert Scott (1811).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Oglethorpe ranks 212. Before him are Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), Alexander II of Scotland (1198), John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), Elizabeth Tudor (1492), and Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852). After him are Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484), Philippa of England (1394), Arthur Drewry (1891), Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520), and John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792).

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