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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Edward Smith

1850 - 1912

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Edward John Smith (27 January 1850 – 15 April 1912) was a British sea captain and naval officer. In 1880, he joined the White Star Line as an officer, beginning a long career in the British Merchant Navy. Smith went on to serve as the master of numerous White Star Line vessels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Smith has received more than 34,233 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Edward Smith is the 72nd most popular military personnel (down from 65th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 168th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Military Personnel.

Edward Smith is most famous for being the captain of the Titanic.

Memorability Metrics

  • 34k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Edward Smith ranks 72 out of 1,468. Before him are Erich Hartmann, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Bernard Montgomery, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Ferdinand Foch, and Seleucus I Nicator. After him are Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Michel Ney, Günther von Kluge, Ivan Konev, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Edward Smith ranks 5. Before him are Jack the Ripper, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, and Karl Ferdinand Braun. After him are Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Eduard Bernstein, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Charles Richet, Mihai Eminescu, and Pierre Loti. Among people deceased in 1912, Edward Smith ranks 5. Before him are Emperor Meiji, Henri Poincaré, August Strindberg, and Jules Massenet. After him are Bram Stoker, Frédéric Passy, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Karl May, Thomas Andrews, Robert Falcon Scott, and Joseph Lister.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Smith ranks 182 out of 7,765. Before him are Bon Scott (1946), Helen Mirren (1945), Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), and Anna Wintour (1949). After him are Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900), Humphry Davy (1778), Henry I of England (1068), Elizabeth Woodville (1437), Mary Boleyn (1499), and Jeff Beck (1944).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Edward Smith ranks 6. Before him are William Wallace (1270), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), T. E. Lawrence (1888), and Bernard Montgomery (1887). After him are Alexander Selkirk (1676), Rudolf Abel (1903), Gertrude Bell (1868), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), and John Franklin (1786).

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