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John A. Macdonald

1815 - 1891

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Sir John Alexander Macdonald (10 or 11 January 1815 – 6 June 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 until his death in 1891. He was the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, and had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John A. Macdonald is the 894th most popular politician (up from 9,521st in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,925th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John A. Macdonald ranks 894 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles IV of Spain, Yulia Tymoshenko, Karl Liebknecht, Gallienus, Horace Walpole, and Vidkun Quisling. After him are Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Robert II of France, Imad ad-Din Zengi, Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor, Ptolemy IV Philopator, and Lee Myung-bak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, John A. Macdonald ranks 5. Before him are Otto von Bismarck, Ada Lovelace, John Bosco, and Otto of Greece. After him are George Boole, Karl Weierstrass, Adolph Menzel, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Thomas Couture, Louis-Jules Trochu, and Ildefons Cerdà. Among people deceased in 1891, John A. Macdonald ranks 6. Before him are Arthur Rimbaud, Nikolaus Otto, Helena Blavatsky, Georges Seurat, and Pedro II of Brazil. After him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, P. T. Barnum, Herman Melville, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, and Sofia Kovalevskaya.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John A. Macdonald ranks 251 out of 8,785. Before him are Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897), C. F. Powell (1903), Charlotte Rampling (1946), Henry III of England (1207), Arthur Harden (1865), and Horace Walpole (1717). After him are Archer Martin (1910), Roger Moore (1927), Arthur C. Clarke (1917), James Hunt (1947), John Snow (1813), and Cary Grant (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John A. Macdonald ranks 62. Before him are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), Æthelstan (895), Clementine Churchill (1885), Boudica (33), Henry III of England (1207), and Horace Walpole (1717). After him are Randal Cremer (1828), Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), Robert the Bruce (1274), Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), and Gladwyn Jebb (1900).

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