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Edgar Adams

1868 - 1940

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Edgar Holmes Adams (April 7, 1868 – May 5, 1940) was an American competition diver and swimmer, numismatic scholar, author, coin collector and dealer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar Adams has received more than 18,088 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Edgar Adams is the 51st most popular swimmer, the 6,760th most popular biography from United States and the 19th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 16

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  • 1.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Edgar Adams ranks 51 out of 709Before him are Adelaide Lambert, Ethel Lackie, Arne Borg, Galina Prozumenshchikova, Arati Saha, and Fanny Durack. After him are Hilde Schrader, John Derbyshire, Carolyn Schuler, Katie Ledecky, Kusuo Kitamura, and Nida Senff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Edgar Adams ranks 162Before him are Federico Tinoco Granados, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Maria Andreyeva, Heinrich Held, Emilie Snethlage, and José Vianna da Motta. After him are Meri Mangakāhia, Frederick Hovey, Sophia Hayden, Granville Bantock, Kenjirō Tokutomi, and Achille Paroche. Among people deceased in 1940, Edgar Adams ranks 151Before him are Juan Carreño, Diana Karenne, Martti Marttelin, Julián Besteiro, Janne Lundblad, and Johan Anker. After him are Nathanael West, K. B. Hedgewar, Mato Kósyk, Hanna Pauli, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, and István Énekes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edgar Adams ranks 6,760 out of 20,380Before him are Patty Murray (1950), William Beaumont (1785), Ashley Tisdale (1985), Orville Gibson (1856), Rick Baker (1950), and Patrick Kilpatrick (1949). After him are Walter Catlett (1889), James C. Scott (1936), Joe Rogan (1967), Tony Scott (1921), Chace Crawford (1985), and Hannibal Goodwin (1822).

Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Edgar Adams ranks 19Before him are Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902), Ann Curtis (1926), Clarke Scholes (1930), Irene Guest (1900), Albina Osipowich (1911), and Ethel Lackie (1907). After him are Carolyn Schuler (1943), Katie Ledecky (1997), Ford Konno (1933), Lynn Burke (1943), Cathy Ferguson (1948), and Bill Smith (1924).