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Barbara Bodichon

1827 - 1891

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Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (born Barbara Leigh Smith; 8 April 1827 – 11 June 1891) was an English educationalist and artist, a philanthropist and her greatest skill was as a facilitator. She was a leading mid-19th-century feminist and women's rights activist. She published her influential Brief Summary of the Laws of England concerning Women in 1854 and the English Woman's Journal in 1858. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Bodichon has received more than 131,888 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Barbara Bodichon is the 1,887th most popular painter (down from 1,636th in 2019), the 4,443rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,287th in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Barbara Bodichon ranks 1,887 out of 2,023Before her are Paul Sandby, James Collinson, Jean Jacoby, Randolph Caldecott, Thomas Sully, and L. S. Lowry. After her are Georg Holtzendorff, Augustus John, William Stanley Haseltine, Harry Clarke, Frank Auerbach, and Hans Eworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Barbara Bodichon ranks 61Before her are Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, Lev Lagorio, Charles John Andersson, Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Quintino Sella, and José Manuel Marroquín. After her are Anthimus VII of Constantinople, Emma Schenson, William Burges, John Owen, Richard Morris Hunt, and Mary Ward. Among people deceased in 1891, Barbara Bodichon ranks 105Before her are Lajos Haynald, Antonio Arenas, Alphonso Taft, José María Urvina, George Bancroft, and Joseph Bazalgette. After her are Charles Bradlaugh, George Hearst, David Dixon Porter, Sarah Winnemucca, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, and William Windom.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Bodichon ranks 4,443 out of 8,785Before her are Anthony Newley (1931), Sophie Ellis-Bextor (1979), Christian Coulson (1978), Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847), Holly Johnson (1960), and Ian McElhinney (1948). After her are Tracey Ullman (1959), Karen Gillan (1987), Graham Taylor (1944), James Nesbitt (1965), George Reid (1845), and Ove Arup (1895).

Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Barbara Bodichon ranks 104Before her are David Cox (1783), Paul Sandby (1725), James Collinson (1825), Randolph Caldecott (1846), Thomas Sully (1783), and L. S. Lowry (1887). After her are Augustus John (1878), Gerald Scarfe (1936), Paul Nash (1889), James Thornhill (1675), Roland Penrose (1900), and Luke Fildes (1843).