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James Wolfe

1727 - 1759

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Major-general James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec. The son of a distinguished general, Edward Wolfe, he received his first commission at a young age and saw extensive service in Europe during the War of the Austrian Succession. His service in Flanders and in Scotland, where he took part in the suppression of the Jacobite Rebellion, brought him to the attention of his superiors. The advancement of his career was halted by the Peace Treaty of 1748 and he spent much of the next eight years on garrison duty in the Scottish Highlands. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Wolfe is the 1,033rd most popular military personnel (up from 1,116th in 2019), the 2,073rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,905th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Wolfe ranks 1,033 out of 2,058. Before him are Georges Guynemer, Richard Dannatt, Aleksandr Dvornikov, Fukushima Masanori, Leontius, and Otto von Lossow. After him are Eugen Ritter von Schobert, Helmut Lent, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, Arslan Isra'il, and Ramón de Cardona.

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Among people born in 1727, James Wolfe ranks 20. Before him are Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, Pasquale Anfossi, Tommaso Traetta, Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, and Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne. After him are Philibert Commerson, Horatio Gates, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, François-Hubert Drouais, and Ivan Shuvalov. Among people deceased in 1759, James Wolfe ranks 13. Before him are Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Carl Heinrich Graun, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, and Sedjefakare. After him are Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Ewald Christian von Kleist, Alamgir II, Jacob Theodor Klein, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, and Johann Gottfried Zinn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Wolfe ranks 2,073 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Arnold Wesker (1932), Roger Cotes (1682), Philippa Foot (1920), Effie Gray (1828), and Chris Martin (1977). After him are William Hamilton (1730), Edward Cave (1691), Joan Robinson (1903), Eric Knight (1897), Julian of Norwich (1342), and Lytton Strachey (1880).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, James Wolfe ranks 45. Before him are Bertram Ramsay (1883), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Henry Allingham (1896), Andrew Parker Bowles (1939), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), and Richard Dannatt (1950). After him are Robert Blake (1599), Arthur Rostron (1869), Horatio Gates (1727), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), and Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775).

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