SWIMMER

Henry Taylor

1885 - 1951

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Henry Taylor (17 March 1885 – 28 February 1951) was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in four Summer Olympics between 1906 and 1920. Taylor served in the Royal Navy during the First World War, and continued to swim competitively until 1926. His fortunes declined after he retired, and he died penniless. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Taylor has received more than 17,676 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Henry Taylor is the 14th most popular swimmer (up from 26th in 2019), the 2,529th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,436th in 2019) and the most popular British Swimmer.

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  • 51.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Henry Taylor ranks 14 out of 709. Before him are Charles Devendeville, Rie Mastenbroek, Jimmy McLane, Fernand Feyaerts, Roland Matthes, and Aileen Riggin. After him are Greta Andersen, George Kojac, Ken Walsh, Otto Wahle, Charles Daniels, and Don Schollander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Henry Taylor ranks 142. Before him are Wallace Beery, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Guilhermina Suggia, Sun Chuanfang, Dimitrios Loundras, and Maria Nikiforova. After him are Herman Sörgel, Pierre Montet, Sigrid Hjertén, Alice Paul, Allan Dwan, and Albert Betz. Among people deceased in 1951, Henry Taylor ranks 100. Before him are André Gobert, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Reggie Walker, László Almásy, John Paine, and Karl Koller. After him are Gustave Sandras, Angelos Sikelianos, Louis Adamic, Katarzyna Kobro, Fréhel, and Roland Jacobi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Taylor ranks 2,529 out of 8,785. Before him are Divina Galica (1944), Jane Asher (1946), Leonard Hobhouse (1864), Henri Alleg (1921), Daniel Jones (1881), and J. M. E. McTaggart (1866). After him are J. Stuart Blackton (1875), Harry Seeley (1839), Hugh Despenser the younger (1287), Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831), James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838), and Marianne North (1830).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Henry Taylor ranks 1. After him are John Derbyshire (1878), John Arthur Jarvis (1872), Irene Steer (1889), Frederick Holman (1885), Murray Rose (1939), Belle Moore (1894), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Valerie Davies (1912), Lucy Morton (1898), Annie Speirs (1889), and Judy Grinham (1939).

British born Swimmers

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