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Edward Low

1690 - 1724

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Edward Low (also spelled Lowe or Loe; c. 1690–1724) was a pirate of English origin during the latter days of the Golden Age of Piracy, in the early 18th century. Low was born into poverty in Westminster, London, and was a thief from an early age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Low has received more than 1,027,737 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Edward Low is the 24th most popular pirate (down from 23rd in 2019), the 1,732nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,456th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Pirate.

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  • 55.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Edward Low ranks 24 out of 29. Before him are Jan Janszoon, Stede Bonnet, Samuel Bellamy, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Thomas Tew, and Jean Lafitte. After him are Awilda, Roche Braziliano, Cheung Po Tsai, Grace O'Malley, and Carlo Rambaldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1690, Edward Low ranks 11. Before him are Ernst Johann von Biron, Nicolas Lancret, Francesco Maria Veracini, Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Patrona Halil. After him are Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Peter Tordenskjold, Kelemen Mikes, Christopher Middleton, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, and John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville. Among people deceased in 1724, Edward Low ranks 6. Before him are Pope Innocent XIII, Louis I of Spain, Gyeongjong of Joseon, Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, and Johann Homann. After him are Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Marie of Lorraine, Benedetto Luti, Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Glückel of Hameln, and Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Low ranks 1,732 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Aldington (1892), Roger Cotes (1682), Kingsley Amis (1922), Dido (1971), Patrick Head (1946), and Kathleen Ferrier (1912). After him are Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), William Cullen (1710), Terry Eagleton (1943), Gordon Ramsay (1966), David Gill (1843), and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Edward Low ranks 12. Before him are William Kidd (1645), Henry Every (1659), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), Samuel Bellamy (1689), and Thomas Tew (1649).

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