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Harry Blackstaffe

1868 - 1951

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Henry Thomas "Harry" Blackstaffe (28 July 1868 – 22 August 1951) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Blackstaffe was born in Islington, London, and became a butcher. He was a long-standing member of Vesta Rowing Club in Putney and also a cross-country runner who represented South London Harriers in the National Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Blackstaffe has received more than 12,339 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Harry Blackstaffe is the 1,276th most popular athlete (down from 1,077th in 2019), the 4,552nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,473rd in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Harry Blackstaffe ranks 1,276 out of 6,025. Before him are Georges Gandil, Chrétien Waydelich, Al LeConey, Tamara Manina, Serhiy Novikov, and James Fifer. After him are William Varley, Valeriu Bularca, Nikolay Smaga, Loren Murchison, Arthur Tell Schwab, and Dieter Kottysch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Harry Blackstaffe ranks 185. Before him are Harvey S. Firestone, Annie S. D. Maunder, Lida Heymann, Otokar Březina, Johannes van Dijk, and H. J. R. Murray. After him are Gilbert Walker, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, Spottiswoode Aitken, Jaroslav Kvapil, Horace Elgin Dodge, and Augusto Pestana. Among people deceased in 1951, Harry Blackstaffe ranks 164. Before him are Vsevolod Vishnevsky, Frank Weston Benson, Walter, Jacques Cariou, Sigmund Romberg, and Harold Kitson. After him are Timrava, Simon Barere, Ben Chifley, Herbert Lindström, Polydore Veirman, and Nellie McClung.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harry Blackstaffe ranks 4,552 out of 8,785. Before him are James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848), Kathleen Booth (1922), Dennis Poore (1916), Dave Edmunds (1944), James Herbert (1943), and Susan Hampshire (1937). After him are John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), Jeremy Kemp (1935), Najla El Mangoush (1973), Daniel Levy (1962), James Wyatt (1746), and Richard Briers (1934).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Harry Blackstaffe ranks 46. Before him are George Larner (1875), David Jacobs (1888), John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), William Henry Dean (1887), John Rimmer (1878), and Ken Matthews (1934). After him are Richard Gunn (1871), John McNally (1932), John James Shepherd (1884), Walter Chaffe (1870), Peter Kemp (1878), and Steve Ovett (1955).

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