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Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin

1766 - 1841

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Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, ( ELG-in; 20 July 1766 – 14 November 1841), often known as Lord Elgin, was a Scottish nobleman, diplomat, and collector, known primarily for the controversial procurement of marble sculptures (known as the Elgin Marbles) from the Parthenon and other structures on the Acropolis of Athens. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin is the 7,839th most popular politician (up from 8,478th in 2019), the 1,740th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,682nd in 2019) and the 300th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ranks 7,839 out of 19,576. Before him are Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Poul Schlüter, Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Emperor Gong of Jin, and Walter Lini. After him are Mihail Kogălniceanu, Dawoud Rajiha, Nikos Sampson, Aemilia gens, Évariste Ndayishimiye, and Prince Henry of the Netherlands.

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Among people born in 1766, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ranks 18. Before him are José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Maine de Biran, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Dominique Jean Larrey, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, and John Farey Sr.. After him are François-Xavier Fabre, Slimane of Morocco, Charles Macintosh, Samuel Frederick Gray, Robert Darwin, and Alexander Wilson. Among people deceased in 1841, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ranks 22. Before him are Ferdinando Carulli, Tokugawa Ienari, Friedrich Parrot, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Jean Victoir Audouin, and Minh Mạng. After him are Bertrand Barère, Aloysius Bertrand, Peter Chanel, Felice Pasquale Baciocchi, Princess Augusta of Prussia, and Franz Xaver von Baader.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ranks 1,740 out of 8,785. Before him are George Mary Searle (1839), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), Carol Reed (1906), Ben Cross (1947), Greg Lake (1947), and Henry Sidgwick (1838). After him are Dave Hill (1946), Sandford Fleming (1827), Thomas Kyd (1558), William Prout (1785), James Herriot (1916), and Neil Tennant (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ranks 300. Before him are Penda of Mercia (606), Edward Balliol (1283), Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), Paul Radmilovic (1886), and Blanche of Lancaster (1345). After him are Jeffrey Archer (1940), William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870), John Bowring (1792), and James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531).

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