SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Charles Boycott

1832 - 1897

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Charles Cunningham Boycott (12 March 1832 – 19 June 1897) was an English land agent whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland gave the English language the term boycott. He had served in the British Army 39th Foot, which brought him to Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Boycott has received more than 558,838 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Charles Boycott is the 315th most popular social activist (down from 264th in 2019), the 2,127th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,849th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Charles Boycott ranks 315 out of 840. Before him are Amelia Bloomer, Franca Viola, Aruna Asaf Ali, Mirzo Tursunzoda, Toktogul Satylganov, and Natalya Estemirova. After him are Abbie Hoffman, Jason Moore, Kōtoku Shūsui, Baba Amte, M. N. Roy, and Meshadi Azizbekov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Charles Boycott ranks 47. Before him are Charles Lecocq, Johann Joseph Abert, Count Gustav Kálnoky, Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Nikolai Zverev, and Julius von Sachs. After him are Turki bin Said, Lucien Quélet, Theodor Gomperz, Arthur Hughes, Charilaos Trikoupis, and Jules Vallès. Among people deceased in 1897, Charles Boycott ranks 39. Before him are Antonio Bazzini, Fritz Müller, George Pullman, Julius von Sachs, Panteleimon Kulish, and Charles-Denis Bourbaki. After him are Karol Mikuli, Henri Meilhac, Ion Ghica, Émile Levassor, Prince William of Baden, and Alfred Des Cloizeaux.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Boycott ranks 2,127 out of 8,785. Before him are Samantha Eggar (1939), Catherine Carey (1523), Dennis Viollet (1933), Stephen Dillane (1957), William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748), and James H. Wilkinson (1919). After him are Anthony Asquith (1902), John Fletcher (1579), Arnold Bax (1883), Rosamund Clifford (1150), Walter Pater (1839), and John Hannah (1962).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Charles Boycott ranks 21. Before him are Cassivellaunus (-100), Wat Tyler (1341), Allan Octavian Hume (1829), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Millicent Fawcett (1847), and Unity Mitford (1914). After him are Robert Catesby (1573), James Guillaume (1844), Venetia Burney (1918), Mary Dyer (1611), Josephine Butler (1828), and Donald Watson (1910).

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