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E. D. Morel

1873 - 1924

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Edmund Dene Morel (born Georges Edmond Pierre Achille Morel Deville; 10 July 1873 – 12 November 1924) was a French-born British journalist, author, pacifist and politician.As a young official at the shipping company Elder Dempster, Morel observed a fortune being made in the export of Congo rubber and the shipping in of guns and manacles. He correctly deduced that the rubber and other resources were being extracted from the population by force and began to campaign to expose the abuses. In collaboration with Roger Casement, Morel led a campaign against slavery in the Congo Free State, founded the Congo Reform Association and published the West African Mail. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. D. Morel has received more than 328,273 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. E. D. Morel is the 11,437th most popular politician (down from 10,085th in 2019), the 3,423rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,008th in 2019) and the 754th most popular French Politician.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of E. D. Morels by language

Over the past year E. D. Morel has had the most page views in the with 34,921 views, followed by German (4,824), and French (3,348). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (78.54%), Egyptian Arabic (67.38%), and Esperanto (65.56%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, E. D. Morel ranks 11,437 out of 19,576Before him are Maria Komnene, Nir Barkat, Pausanias of Macedon, Gunnor, Ollanta Humala, and Manuel Prado Ugarteche. After him are Petrobey Mavromichalis, Boris Kalamanos, Delfim Moreira, Harry Hopkins, Balista, and Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, E. D. Morel ranks 104Before him are Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, Leo Baeck, Ford Madox Ford, Mariano Azuela, Willa Cather, and Nikolai Tcherepnin. After him are Leo Fall, Barnum Brown, Henri Rabaud, Rudolf Charousek, Mikhail Prishvin, and Gabriel Terra. Among people deceased in 1924, E. D. Morel ranks 78Before him are Xaver Scharwenka, Charles Villiers Stanford, Klara Zamenhof, Wilhelm Roux, Curt von Bardeleben, and Kuroda Seiki. After him are Jacques Loeb, Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, Jiří Wolker, Ebenezer Cobb Morley, Maria Bernarda Bütler, and Manuel Estrada Cabrera.

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In France

Among people born in France, E. D. Morel ranks 3,423 out of 6,770Before him are Julie Manet (1878), Casimir Pierre Périer (1777), Jean Laplanche (1924), Sandrine Bonnaire (1967), Yvon Douis (1935), and Gunnor (950). After him are Jean Rotrou (1609), Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778), Alex Thépot (1906), Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948), Marguerite Durand (1864), and Camille Guérin (1872).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, E. D. Morel ranks 754Before him are Pierre Dartout (1954), Théodore Steeg (1868), Joseph Vendryes (1875), François Buzot (1760), Casimir Pierre Périer (1777), and Gunnor (950). After him are Isaac René Guy le Chapelier (1754), Maurizio Galbaio (800), Audrey Azoulay (1972), Henri Brisson (1835), Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans (1646), and Catherine Colonna (1956).