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Richard Cobden

1804 - 1865

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Richard Cobden (3 June 1804 – 2 April 1865) was an English Radical and Liberal politician, manufacturer, and a campaigner for free trade and peace. He was associated with the Anti–Corn Law League and the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty. As a young man, Cobden was a successful commercial traveller who became co-owner of a highly profitable calico printing factory in Sabden but lived in Manchester, a city with which he would become strongly identified. However, he soon found himself more engaged in politics, and his travels convinced him of the virtues of free trade (anti-protection) as the key to better international relations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Cobden is the 13,451st most popular politician (down from 11,580th in 2019), the 3,232nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,427th in 2019) and the 451st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Cobden ranks 13,451 out of 19,576. Before him are Gheorghe Bibescu, Leopold II, Prince of Lippe, Geoffrey I of Provence, Heinrich von Stephan, Bogoljub Jevtić, and Mleh, Prince of Armenia. After him are Rafael Núñez, Guaimar IV of Salerno, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Milenko Radomar Vesnić, Stephen A. Douglas, and Dean Phillips.

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Among people born in 1804, Richard Cobden ranks 57. Before him are Jules Janin, Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, Jules Dupuit, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Wilhelm Bendz, and Gheorghe Bibescu. After him are Victor Schœlcher, Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz, Mariana Pineda, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, Mykhailo Maksymovych, and Julius Benedict. Among people deceased in 1865, Richard Cobden ranks 59. Before him are Charles Lock Eastlake, Mary Surratt, John Richardson, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Otto Ludwig, and Eugène Devéria. After him are Antonios Kriezis, Marie-Anne Libert, Kitsos Tzavelas, Stephen Allen Benson, Edward Everett, and Philippe Buchez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Cobden ranks 3,233 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Telford (1757), David Watson (1946), James Somerville (1882), Richard Dadd (1817), John Pond (1767), and Justin Welby (1956). After him are Jimmy Bain (1947), Nobby Stiles (1942), James Legge (1815), Ida of Bernicia (450), Ralph Erskine (1914), and Michael Berry (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Richard Cobden ranks 451. Before him are Ken Livingstone (1945), John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), Frederick Abberline (1843), Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812), George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), and Walter Rutherford (1857). After him are Ida of Bernicia (450), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), Alex Salmond (1954), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435), and William Huskisson (1770).

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