POLITICIAN

Lin Zexu

1785 - 1850

Lin Zexu

Lin Zexu (30 August 1785 – 22 November 1850), courtesy name Yuanfu, was a Chinese political philosopher and politician. He was a head of state (Viceroy), Governor General, scholar-official, and under the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing dynasty best known for his role in the First Opium War of 1839–42. He was from Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Lin's forceful opposition to the opium trade was a primary catalyst for the First Opium War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lin Zexu is the 2,957th most popular politician (down from 2,621st in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from China (up from 201st in 2019) and the 121st most popular Chinese Politician.

Lin Zexu was a Chinese official who served in the Qing Dynasty. He is most famous for his refusal to allow the British to take opium into China, and he ordered the destruction of more than 20,000 chests of opium.

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Among politicians, Lin Zexu ranks 2,957 out of 19,576. Before him are Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, Ma Chao, Athanaric, Ismail Haniyeh, William I of Sicily, and Samora Machel. After him are Robert II of Scotland, Ehud, King Wu of Zhou, Eiríkr Hákonarson, Henry of Bohemia, and Ahmad Shah Qajar.

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William I of Sicily
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Lin Zexu ranks 8. Before him are Mahmud II, Jacob Grimm, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Thomas De Quincey, Alessandro Manzoni, and Karl Drais. After him are William Jackson Hooker, Claude-Louis Navier, Bettina von Arnim, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Shah Shujah Durrani, and Pierre Louis Dulong. Among people deceased in 1850, Lin Zexu ranks 12. Before him are William Wordsworth, Báb, Daoguang Emperor, Marie Tussaud, Louise of Orléans, and Frédéric Bastiat. After him are José Gervasio Artigas, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Robert Peel, Nikolaus Lenau, Adam Oehlenschläger, and Wilhelm Beer.

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1785 - 1873
HPI: 73.23
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1785 - 1850
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