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John Francis Davis

1795 - 1890

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Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet (16 July 1795 – 13 November 1890) was a British diplomat and sinologist who served as second Governor of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1848. Davis was the first President of Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Francis Davis is the 15,945th most popular politician (up from 15,976th in 2019), the 4,517th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,515th in 2019) and the 559th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, John Francis Davis ranks 15,945 out of 19,576. Before him are Nicolas Schmit, John Gorton, Gennadiy Seleznyov, Ali Lamine Zeine, José María Linares, and Arthur St. Clair. After him are Belisario Porras Barahona, Einar Arnórsson, Dimitrij Rupel, Noël Milarew Odingar, Joe Torre, and Yacouba Isaac Zida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, John Francis Davis ranks 59. Before him are José María Obando, Pedro María de Anaya, George Peabody, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, John P. Kennedy, and Pedro Blanco Soto. After him are José Miguel de Velasco Franco, Charles Sturt, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Vasily Perovsky, Benizelos Roufos, and Benjamin Franklin Butler. Among people deceased in 1890, John Francis Davis ranks 65. Before him are Joseph Hergenröther, Alexander Litovchenko, Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Oskar Kolberg, George Crook, and Mihkel Veske. After him are Catherine Booth, Émile Léonard Mathieu, Carl Jacob Löwig, Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, Philip Francis Thomas, and William Bell Scott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Francis Davis ranks 4,518 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Noble (1885), Adrian Rawlins (1958), Bev Bevan (1944), Diana Wynyard (1906), Arthur St. Clair (1737), and John Fenning (1885). After him are Robert Herrick (1591), James Collins (1983), Thomas Linacre (1460), Margaret Archer (1943), Ian McElhinney (1948), and Ivor Allchurch (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Francis Davis ranks 559. Before him are Gayatri Devi (1919), John Smith (1938), Albert Oldman (1883), Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430), Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645), and Arthur St. Clair (1737). After him are John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690), Lindsay Hoyle (1957), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), Robert Moray (1609), and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784).

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