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John Abbott

1821 - 1893

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Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (March 12, 1821 – October 30, 1893) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the third prime minister of Canada from 1891 to 1892. He held office as the leader of the Conservative Party. Abbott was born in what is now Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec. He studied law at McGill University and became one of Montreal's best-known lawyers, later returning to McGill as a professor of law and earning a Doctor of Civil Law degree. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Abbott is the 12,626th most popular politician (up from 13,943rd in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Canada (up from 321st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Abbott ranks 12,626 out of 19,576. Before him are Fritz Manteuffel, Mokgweetsi Masisi, Erich Leinsdorf, Alfons Gorbach, Qabus, and Elise Richter. After him are Isaac René Guy le Chapelier, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim, Alois Mock, Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and Yahya ibn al-Qasim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, John Abbott ranks 68. Before him are Giuseppe Saracco, Prince Adolf of Auersperg, Mikhail Petrashevsky, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, and Georgi Sava Rakovski. After him are James Longstreet, Carl Bolle, Nils Johan Andersson, Antonio Ciseri, Nikolai Zaremba, and Apollon Maykov. Among people deceased in 1893, John Abbott ranks 54. Before him are Franz Grashof, Anton von Schmerling, Grigor Parlichev, Concepción Arenal, Arabo, and Georgi Pulevski. After him are Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ, Robert Cornelius, Jean Dufresne, Grigory Gagarin, Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, and Adolphe Yvon.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John Abbott ranks 279 out of 1,622. Before him are Terry Fox (1958), Agnes Martin (1912), Henri Richard (1936), Lawrence Stroll (1959), Colleen Dewhurst (1924), and Ernest Burgess (1886). After him are Oliver Platt (1960), Diana Krall (1964), Sandra Oh (1971), Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), David Baszucki (1963), and Allan Dwan (1885).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, John Abbott ranks 31. Before him are René Lévesque (1922), Conrad Black (1944), Jean Béliveau (1931), Louis St. Laurent (1882), Terry Sawchuk (1929), and John T. Dunlap (1957). After him are John Diefenbaker (1895), Patricia Jones (1930), Marc Garneau (1949), Robert Borden (1854), Julie Payette (1963), and Michael Ignatieff (1947).

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