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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 2,239,126 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Edith Cavell is the 990th most popular religious figure (up from 1,069th in 2019), the 1,030th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,258th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Edith Cavell ranks 990 out of 2,238. Before her are Pietro Parolin, Antipope Innocent III, Praxedes, Otto of Bamberg, Paula of Rome, and Ravi Shankar. After her are Robert Sarah, Germanus I of Constantinople, Mechtilde, Ibn Sa'd, Amun-her-khepeshef, and Julia Pastrana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Edith Cavell ranks 43. Before her are Rüdiger von der Goltz, Charles G. Dawes, Ernst Troeltsch, Duan Qirui, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, and Princess Marie of Orléans. After her are Lala Lajpat Rai, Yvette Guilbert, Wilbur Scoville, Shigechiyo Izumi, Nikola Zhekov, and Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow. Among people deceased in 1915, Edith Cavell ranks 18. Before her are Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Michel Bréal, Armand Peugeot, Sergei Taneyev, and Émile Waldteufel. After her are Saitō Hajime, Arthur Auwers, Anna Leonowens, James Murray, Julius von Payer, and Konstantin Makovsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edith Cavell ranks 1,030 out of 7,765. Before her are Cynthia Lennon (1939), Samuel Bellamy (1689), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Colin McRae (1968), Peter Mansfield (1933), and William Whewell (1794). After her are Henry Briggs (1561), Charles Lightoller (1874), James Meade (1907), Alexander II of Scotland (1198), Bob Hope (1903), and Samuel Butler (1612).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Edith Cavell ranks 21. Before her are John Henry Newman (1801), Willibrord (658), Charles Spurgeon (1834), Frederick Fleet (1887), Saint Malachy (1094), and Reginald Pole (1500). After her are Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Saint David (512), Stephen Harding (1059), Henry (1100), William Booth (1829), and John Fisher (1469).

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