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John Bowring

1792 - 1872

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Sir John Bowring, or Phrayā Siam Mānukūlakicca Siammitra Mahāyaśa (17 October 1792 – 23 November 1872) was a British political economist, traveller, writer, literary translator, polyglot and the fourth Governor of Hong Kong. He was appointed by Queen Victoria as emissary to Siam, later he was appointed by King Mongkut of Siam as ambassador to London, also making a treaty of amity with Siam on 18 April 1855, now referred to as the "Bowring Treaty". His namesake treaty was fully effective for 70 years, until the reign of Vajiravudh. This treaty was gradually edited and became completely ineffective in 1938 under the government of Plaek Phibunsongkhram. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. John Bowring is the 8,150th most popular politician (down from 7,029th in 2024), the 1,806th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,386th in 2019) and the 303rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Bowring ranks 8,150 out of 19,576. Before him are Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia, Arturo Alessandri, Horacio Cartes, Fyodor Okhlopkov, Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Thorleif Haug. After him are Theodote, Gaius Flavius Fimbria, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria, Alulim, and Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, John Bowring ranks 29. Before him are Matteo Carcassi, David Sassoon, Francisco de Paula Santander, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, Francisco Morazán, and Sarah Moore Grimké. After him are Frederick Marryat, Gustav Schwab, George M. Dallas, Ferdinand Christian Baur, Manuel Oribe, and Andrés de Santa Cruz. Among people deceased in 1872, John Bowring ranks 29. Before him are Princess Feodora of Leiningen, William H. Seward, George Meade, Handrij Zejler, Zeng Guofan, and Johan Rudolph Thorbecke. After him are Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, Alfred Clebsch, Andrew Smith, Petar Preradović, and Friedrich Welwitsch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bowring ranks 1,806 out of 8,785. Before him are Colin McRae (1968), Claire Bloom (1931), Hudson Taylor (1832), George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Francis Baily (1774), and Catherine Eddowes (1842). After him are William Boyce (1711), George MacDonald (1824), Kate Sheppard (1848), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Samuel Bellamy (1689), and James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Bowring ranks 303. Before him are Blanche of Lancaster (1345), Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Jeffrey Archer (1940), William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), and Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870). After him are James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Ælle of Sussex (500), John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), and George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608).

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