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Joseph Chamberlain

1836 - 1914

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Joseph Chamberlain (8 July 1836 – 2 July 1914) was a British statesman who was first a radical Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist after opposing home rule for Ireland, and eventually was a leading imperialist in coalition with the Conservatives. He split both major British parties in the course of his career. He was the father, by different marriages, of Nobel Peace Prize winner Austen Chamberlain and of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Chamberlain made his career in Birmingham, first as a manufacturer of screws and then as a notable mayor of the city. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Chamberlain is the 5,057th most popular politician (down from 4,774th in 2019), the 1,149th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 964th in 2019) and the 221st most popular British Politician.

Joseph Chamberlain is most famous for his work as a politician in the Liberal Unionist Party, and as the first Mayor of Birmingham.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Chamberlain ranks 5,057 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Kōnin, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Khaankhre Sobekhotep, Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Ban Kulin. After him are Agron, Kōichirō Matsuura, Bernard of Italy, Azzedine Alaïa, Abdal-Latif Mirza, and Kim Yong-ju.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Joseph Chamberlain ranks 19. Before him are Władysław Tarnowski, Thomas Hill Green, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, James Tissot, Jules Chéret, and Hassan I of Morocco. After him are Princess Anna of Prussia, Jarosław Dąbrowski, Nicholas of Japan, Kalākaua, Norman Lockyer, and Theodor Nöldeke. Among people deceased in 1914, Joseph Chamberlain ranks 27. Before him are Alphonse Bertillon, Ambrose Bierce, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Alain-Fournier, Charles Péguy, and John Tenniel. After him are Alfred Thayer Mahan, Anatoly Lyadov, Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Georges Picquart, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Joseph Swan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Chamberlain ranks 1,149 out of 8,785. Before him are James Hargreaves (1720), Colin Chapman (1928), Anne Hyde (1637), Edmund Cartwright (1743), Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868), and Joan Plowright (1929). After him are Terence Stamp (1938), Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905), Emperor Norton (1818), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Michael Atiyah (1929), and Thomas Graham (1805).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Joseph Chamberlain ranks 221. Before him are Arthur Drewry (1891), Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), Margaret of York (1446), and Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868). After him are Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428), John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779), and Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215).

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