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Elizabeth Fry

1780 - 1845

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Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney; 21 May 1780 – 12 October 1845), sometimes referred to as Betsy Fry, was an English prison reformer, social reformer, philanthropist and Quaker. Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to improve the treatment of prisoners, especially female inmates, and as such has been called the "Angel of Prisons". She was instrumental in the 1823 Gaols Act which mandated sex-segregation of prisons and female warders for female inmates to protect them from sexual exploitation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Fry has received more than 812,726 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Elizabeth Fry is the 13,070th most popular politician (down from 11,849th in 2019), the 2,927th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,689th in 2019) and the 420th most popular British Politician.

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  • 29

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  • 4.10

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Elizabeth Fry ranks 13,070 out of 19,576. Before her are Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Alahis, Jay Garner, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Chris Watson, and Santiago Derqui. After her are Heinrich von Stephan, Fastida, Şemsettin Günaltay, Frederick North, Lord North, Kornel Morawiecki, and Mesannepada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Elizabeth Fry ranks 44. Before her are Johann Friedrich Naumann, Henri Braconnot, Karoline von Günderrode, Henry Salt, Léon Jean Marie Dufour, and Piet Retief. After her are Antonie Brentano, Matvei Gedenshtrom, Jørgen Jørgensen, Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Yakov Sannikov, and John Forsyth. Among people deceased in 1845, Elizabeth Fry ranks 31. Before her are Henrik Steffens, Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, Gregor MacGregor, Nils Gabriel Sefström, Wazir Akbar Khan, and Antoine Risso. After her are Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, Johnny Appleseed, Matvei Gedenshtrom, Josef Danhauser, Karl Julius Perleb, and Cassandra Austen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Fry ranks 2,927 out of 8,785. Before her are John Byron (1723), Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609), Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), Paul Weller (1958), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), and Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640). After her are Frederick North, Lord North (1732), John Walter Gregory (1864), Christopher Hogwood (1941), Joe Jordan (1951), Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812), and Eric Frank Russell (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Fry ranks 420. Before her are Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (1075), Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593), Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868), Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609), Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), and Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640). After her are Frederick North, Lord North (1732), Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812), Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621), Geoffrey Howe (1926), Phil Taylor (1960), and Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645).

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