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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1751 - 1816

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Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751 – 7 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and Ilchester. The owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London, he wrote several prominent plays such as The Rivals (1775), The Duenna (1775), The School for Scandal (1777) and A Trip to Scarborough (1777). He served as Treasurer of the Navy from 1806 to 1807. Sheridan died in 1816 and was buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Brinsley Sheridan is the 10,088th most popular politician (up from 11,374th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 127th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Brinsley Sheridan ranks 10,088 out of 19,576. Before him are Muse Bihi Abdi, Benigno Aquino III, Leni Robredo, Sani Abacha, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, and Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr. After him are Valérie Trierweiler, Konstantin of Rostov, Farahnaz Pahlavi, Raoni Metuktire, Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, and Rauf Orbay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1751, Richard Brinsley Sheridan ranks 20. Before him are Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange, Clement Mary Hofbauer, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Julie Billiart, François Joseph Westermann, Johann Heinrich Voss, Uesugi Harunori, Anders Dahl, and William Roxburgh. Among people deceased in 1816, Richard Brinsley Sheridan ranks 19. Before him are François-André Vincent, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Christiane Vulpius, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, and Constantine Ypsilantis. After him are Julie Billiart, Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Dorothea Viehmann, Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau, Hipólito Ruiz López, and Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Brinsley Sheridan ranks 126 out of 549. Before him are Fiona Shaw (1958), Ninette de Valois (1898), Cornelius Ryan (1920), William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737), John Millington Synge (1871), and Roy Keane (1971). After him are Patrick Pearse (1879), Aidan Gillen (1968), Constantine III of Scotland (971), George Allman (1812), Pat McDonald (1878), and Edward Bransfield (1785).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Richard Brinsley Sheridan ranks 25. Before him are Pierce Butler (1744), Douglas Hyde (1860), Eliza Lynch (1833), Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769), Edmund the Martyr (841), and William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737). After him are Constantine III of Scotland (971), Arthur Griffith (1871), Pat Cox (1952), Daniel O'Connell (1775), Micheál Martin (1960), and Charles Stewart Parnell (1846).

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