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William Huskisson

1770 - 1830

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William Huskisson (11 March 1770 – 15 September 1830) was a British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament for several constituencies, including Liverpool. He is commonly known as the world's first widely reported railway passenger casualty as he was run over and fatally injured by Robert Stephenson's pioneering locomotive Rocket (however, the first railway casualty had happened 9 years earlier). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Huskisson is the 13,574th most popular politician (up from 14,430th in 2019), the 3,286th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,550th in 2019) and the 457th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Huskisson ranks 13,574 out of 19,576. Before him are Ruth Fischer, Harald Öhquist, Rafael Erich, Phan Văn Khải, Mogens Lykketoft, and El Hadj Umar Tall. After him are Bulan, Ramiro de León Carpio, Gualberto do Rosário, Yury of Zvenigorod, Otis Bowen, and Hilarión Daza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1770, William Huskisson ranks 38. Before him are Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, Étienne Pivert de Senancour, Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy, Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, and Georges Mouton. After him are Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau, William Nicol, Albrecht Berblinger, James Hogg, Thomas Phillips, and David Thompson. Among people deceased in 1830, William Huskisson ranks 29. Before him are Pierre Rode, Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Marcos Portugal, and Jan Śniadecki. After him are William Hazlitt, José de la Mar, József Katona, Carl Fredrik Fallén, and Károly Kisfaludy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Huskisson ranks 3,287 out of 8,785. Before him are James Sowerby (1757), Harry Gregson-Williams (1961), John Bradley (1988), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Thomas Nuttall (1786), and Ronald Fairbairn (1889). After him are Patsy Kensit (1968), Terry-Thomas (1911), Joe Wright (1972), Ali Carter (1979), John Mayow (1640), and Richard Addinsell (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Huskisson ranks 457. Before him are Richard Cobden (1804), Ida of Bernicia (450), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), Alex Salmond (1954), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), and Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435). After him are Constance Markievicz (1868), Enoch Powell (1912), Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443), Princess Louisa of Great Britain (1749), Robin Cook (1946), and Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609).

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