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Woodes Rogers

1679 - 1732

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Woodes Rogers (c. 1679 – 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain, privateer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of the Bahamas from 1718 to 1721 and again from 1728 to 1732. He is remembered as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. Rogers came from an experienced seafaring family, grew up in Poole and Bristol, and served a marine apprenticeship to a Bristol sea captain. His father, who held shares in many ships, died when Rogers was in his mid-twenties, leaving Rogers in control of the family shipping business. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Woodes Rogers is the 873rd most popular military personnel (down from 573rd in 2019), the 1,785th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,030th in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Woodes Rogers ranks 873 out of 2,058. Before him are Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Radko Dimitriev, Alexey Kaledin, Joseph Dunford, Julius Jacob von Haynau, and Louis-Joseph de Montcalm. After him are Janko Bobetko, Jang Bogo, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Artabazos I of Phrygia, Jukums Vācietis, and Adelbert Schulz.

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Among people born in 1679, Woodes Rogers ranks 7. Before him are Christian Wolff, Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Pierre Fauchard. After him are Jean François de Troy, Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Firmin Abauzit, and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Among people deceased in 1732, Woodes Rogers ranks 7. Before him are Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Emperor Reigen, Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, Louis Marchand, John Gay, and André Charles Boulle. After him are Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, and Balthasar Permoser.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Woodes Rogers ranks 1,785 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Boxhall (1884), Vera Lynn (1917), Robert Pattinson (1986), Oliver Hart (1948), Nora Stanton Barney (1883), and Christopher Hitchens (1949). After him are John Bevis (1695), Scott Adkins (1976), William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Henry More (1614), and David Icke (1952).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Woodes Rogers ranks 37. Before him are Arnold Jackson (1891), Harold Lowe (1882), John Hanning Speke (1827), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), and Joseph Boxhall (1884). After him are John Moore (1761), Bertram Ramsay (1883), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Henry Allingham (1896), Andrew Parker Bowles (1939), and Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890).

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