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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Hereward the Wake

1035 - 1072

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Hereward the Wake (Traditional pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɛ.ward/, modern pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɪ.wəd/) (c. 1035 – c. 1072) (also known as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and a leader of local resistance to the Norman Conquest of England. His base when he led the rebellion against the Norman rulers was the Isle of Ely, in eastern England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hereward the Wake has received more than 736,180 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Hereward the Wake is the 469th most popular social activist (down from 393rd in 2019), the 4,047th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,544th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Social Activist.

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  • 740k

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  • 44.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Hereward the Wake ranks 469 out of 538. Before him are Daniel De Leon, Ralph Abernathy, Urani Rumbo, Prudencia Ayala, Lucy Parsons, and Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. After him are Aslı Erdoğan, Ernestine Rose, Emily Hobhouse, Thomas Clarkson, Selena Rocky Malone, and James Meredith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1035, Hereward the Wake ranks 8. Before him are Robert I, Count of Flanders, Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, Henry, son of Robert I of Burgundy, Conrad I, Duke of Bohemia, Hermann of Salm, and Constantine I, Prince of Armenia.  Among people deceased in 1072, Hereward the Wake ranks 12. Before him are Ouyang Xiu, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, Adalbert of Hamburg, Asadi Tusi, and Ali Hujwiri. After him is Stigand.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hereward the Wake ranks 4,047 out of 7,765. Before him are Bernard Lovell (1913), Terry Cooper (1944), Peter Arundell (1933), Thomas Nuttall (1786), Billy McNeill (1940), and Billy Hughes (1862). After him are Jack Straw (1946), Ian McElhinney (1948), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), James D'Arcy (1975), Izaak Walton (1593), and Celia Johnson (1908).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Hereward the Wake ranks 33. Before him are Mary Toft (1703), Grey Owl (1888), Jack Sheppard (1702), Octavia Hill (1838), Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), and Annie Kenney (1879). After him are Emily Hobhouse (1860), Thomas Clarkson (1760), James Larkin (1876), Emily Davies (1830), Harry Hay (1912), and Ingrid Newkirk (1949).

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