MUSICIAN

Cecil Sharp

1859 - 1924

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Cecil James Sharp (22 November 1859 – 23 June 1924) was an English collector of folk songs, folk dances and instrumental music, as well as a lecturer, teacher, composer and musician. He was a key figure in the folk-song revival in England during the Edwardian period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cecil Sharp has received more than 259,071 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Cecil Sharp is the 2,146th most popular musician, the 5,405th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 360th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Cecil Sharp ranks 2,146 out of 3,175. Before him are Tsunku, Bill Laswell, Maria Schneider, Branford Marsalis, Big Joe Williams, and Sufjan Stevens. After him are Arcadi Volodos, Elvin Bishop, Steve Lacy, Randy Bachman, Oscar Dronjak, and Eddie Lang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Cecil Sharp ranks 138. Before him are Vjenceslav Novak, Christopher Hornsrud, Paolo Orsi, Clarence Clark, Kei Okami, and Tom Watson. After him are George Lansbury, Dorabji Tata, Matilda Howell, Mary Anderson, Sidney Lee, and Henry Ossawa Tanner. Among people deceased in 1924, Cecil Sharp ranks 129. Before him are Corrado Segre, Rafael López Gutiérrez, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Henry Cabot Lodge, Conrad Magnusson, and Edwin Montagu. After him are Louise Rayner, Sabine Baring-Gould, Samuel Gompers, and William Robert Ogilvie-Grant.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cecil Sharp ranks 5,405 out of 8,785. Before him are Roger Taylor (1941), Jack Fairman (1913), Rhodri Morgan (1939), Brian Moore (1921), Edwyn Collins (1959), and Bukayo Saka (2001). After him are Alastair Reynolds (1966), Dick King-Smith (1922), Margaret Wycherly (1881), Leslie Marr (1922), Tebbs Lloyd Johnson (1900), and Eve Best (1971).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Cecil Sharp ranks 360. Before him are Ray Cooper (1947), Dee Palmer (1937), Steve Lillywhite (1955), Ian Wallace (1946), Steve Hewitt (1971), and Barriemore Barlow (1949). After him are Jeffrey Hammond (1946), Ellie Goulding (1986), Chris Wolstenholme (1978), Gerry Marsden (1942), Des'ree (1968), and Ian Mosley (1953).

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