SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Grey Owl

1888 - 1938

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Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (September 18, 1888 – April 13, 1938), commonly known as Grey Owl, was a popular writer, public speaker and conservationist. Born an Englishman, in the latter years of his life he passed as half-Indian, claiming he was the son of a Scottish man and an Apache woman. With books, articles and public appearances promoting wilderness conservation, he achieved fame in the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grey Owl has received more than 982,837 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Grey Owl is the 517th most popular social activist (down from 410th in 2019), the 3,853rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,126th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 980k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Grey Owl ranks 517 out of 840. Before her are Helene Stöcker, Gunnar Sønsteby, Jerry Rubin, Ivan Betskoy, Yun Hyon-seok, and Devdas Gandhi. After her are Lucy Parsons, Fazu Aliyeva, Alfreda Markowska, Sakine Cansız, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, and Ruby Bridges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Grey Owl ranks 208. Before her are Alfred Asikainen, Martin Benka, José Eustasio Rivera, Rexhep Mitrovica, Florence La Badie, and Sándor Pósta. After her are Carlo Agostini, Seán Lester, Carlos Scarone, Robert Moses, Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, and Arthur Berry. Among people deceased in 1938, Grey Owl ranks 187. Before her are John Derbyshire, Albertson Van Zo Post, Lajos Tihanyi, Hale Asaf, Clarence Darrow, and Ekaterine Gabashvili. After her are Ricardo Samper, Oscar Dessomville, Ángel Arocha, John Jacob Abel, Pedro Figari, and Al Ernest Garcia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Grey Owl ranks 3,853 out of 8,785. Before her are Frederick Sandys (1829), George Graham (1944), Jim Kerr (1959), George Hadley (1685), Georges Passerieu (1885), and Paul Anderson (1978). After her are Curt Smith (1961), Spike Edney (1951), David Burke (1934), Nicholas Grimshaw (1939), Virginia McKenna (1931), and Seán Lester (1888).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Grey Owl ranks 31. Before her are Mary Dyer (1611), Josephine Butler (1828), Donald Watson (1910), Mary Toft (1703), Jack Sheppard (1702), and Hereward the Wake (1035). After her are Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Octavia Hill (1838), Emily Hobhouse (1860), Annie Kenney (1879), Flora Drummond (1878), and Emily Davies (1830).

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