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Thomas Gresham

1519 - 1579

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Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (; c. 1519 – 21 November 1579) was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). In 1565 Gresham founded the Royal Exchange in the City of London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Gresham is the 7,041st most popular politician (down from 6,489th in 2019), the 1,584th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,281st in 2019) and the 279th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Thomas Gresham ranks 7,041 out of 19,576Before him are Gaius Duilius, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Mahaut, Countess of Artois, Sancho IV of Pamplona, Theodore Metochites, and Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. After him are Masayoshi Ōhira, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Charles de Freycinet, Augustinas Voldemaras, Princess Louise Amelie of Baden, and Pierre Messmer.

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Among people born in 1519, Thomas Gresham ranks 14Before him are Isabella Jagiellon, Occhiali, Theodore Beza, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Andrea Cesalpino, and Antonis Mor. After him are Frans Floris, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, and Girolamo Mei. Among people deceased in 1579, Thomas Gresham ranks 7Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Joseph Nasi, Hans Staden, and Diego de Landa. After him are Stanislaus Hosius, Vicente Juan Masip, Ferenc Dávid, Juan Fernández Navarrete, Simão Rodrigues, and John Ogilvie.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gresham ranks 1,584 out of 8,785Before him are Dick McTaggart (1935), William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Tim Hunt (1943), and Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673). After him are Bill Ward (1948), Ian Rush (1961), Dave Gahan (1962), Frederick Abel (1827), John Gould (1804), and Aphra Behn (1640).

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