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James Wilson

1742 - 1798

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James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 21, 1798) was a Scottish American American Founding Father, legal scholar, jurist, and statesman who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. In 1787 he was a major participant in drafting the U.S. Constitution, and became one of only six people to sign both documents. A leading legal theorist, he was one of the first four Associate Justices appointed to the Supreme Court by George Washington. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Wilson is the 2,653rd most popular politician (up from 14,923rd in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,818th in 2019) and the 129th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Wilson ranks 2,653 out of 19,576. Before him are Erich Mielke, Christopher I of Denmark, Attalus III, Ferdinand I of León, Almanzor, and Walter Hallstein. After him are Guillermo Lasso, Cao Rui, Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Jeongjong, 3rd monarch of Goryeo, Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, and Rusudan of Georgia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1742, James Wilson ranks 7. Before him are Pope Pius VII, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Yemelyan Pugachev, Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, and Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. After him are Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Nicolas Leblanc, David Bushnell, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, and Dositej Obradović. Among people deceased in 1798, James Wilson ranks 5. Before him are Giacomo Casanova, Luigi Galvani, Stanisław August Poniatowski, and Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen. After him are Tarrare, George Read, Rigas Feraios, George Vancouver, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Heraclius II of Georgia, and Christian Gottlob Neefe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Wilson ranks 664 out of 8,785. Before him are Patrick White (1912), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), Gustav Holst (1874), Oliver Reed (1938), Hank Marvin (1941), and Joshua Reynolds (1723). After him are Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Bruce Dickinson (1958), Gordon Banks (1937), John Ross (1777), and Thomas Bayes (1702).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Wilson ranks 129. Before him are Edwin of Northumbria (586), Eystein II of Norway (1125), Arthur Balfour (1848), Harold Macmillan (1894), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592). After him are Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Æthelflæd (869), and Thomas Fairfax (1612).

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