RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Edith Cavell

1865 - 1915

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Edith Louisa Cavell ( KAV-əl; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. Cavell was arrested, court-martialled under German military law and sentenced to death by firing squad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edith Cavell has received more than 2,381,636 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Edith Cavell is the 1,136th most popular religious figure (down from 982nd in 2019), the 1,191st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,028th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Edith Cavell ranks 1,136 out of 3,187. Before her are Joseph Zen, Shoghi Effendi, John Fisher, Kashyapa, Fermin, and Filaret. After her are Saleh Al-Fawzan, Luis Ladaria Ferrer, Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Henri de Lubac, George Fox, and Yves Congar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Edith Cavell ranks 50. Before her are Princess Marie of Orléans, Wilfrid Voynich, Abraham Isaac Kook, Frederick Cook, Rainis, and Charles Bally. After her are Wilbur Scoville, Sabino Arana, Jovan Cvijić, Shigechiyo Izumi, Hannah Chaplin, and Duchess Amalie in Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1915, Edith Cavell ranks 27. Before her are Anton von Werner, Remy de Gourmont, Arthur Auwers, Nadežda Petrović, Konstantin Makovsky, and Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria. After her are Adèle Hugo, Karl Goldmark, Anna Leonowens, Julius von Payer, I. L. Peretz, and Oswald Külpe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edith Cavell ranks 1,191 out of 8,785. Before her are John Fisher (1469), Max Mosley (1940), Thomas Browne (1605), Michael Moorcock (1939), Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), and Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623). After her are John Kay (1704), Rob Roy MacGregor (1671), James Lind (1716), George Young (1946), George Fox (1624), and Annie Chapman (1841).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Edith Cavell ranks 25. Before her are Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Henry (1100), Saint David (512), Reginald Pole (1500), Stephen Harding (1059), and John Fisher (1469). After her are George Fox (1624), Annie Chapman (1841), Gildas (500), Keith O'Brien (1938), Hudson Taylor (1832), and Saint Malachy (1094).

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