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 807,434 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Hereward the Wake is the 477th most popular social activist (down from 469th in 2019), the 3,476th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,039th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Social Activist.

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  • 55.21

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Hereward the Wake ranks 477 out of 840. Before him are Giuseppe Impastato, Ted Grant, Parashqevi Qiriazi, Ela Bhatt, Joseph Wresinski, and Medgar Evers. After him are Phyllis Schlafly, Danuta Wałęsa, Har Dayal, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, David Sassoon, and Mumia Abu-Jamal.

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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 14. Before him are Bagrat IV of Georgia, Adalbert of Hamburg, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, Asadi Tusi, Ali Hujwiri, and Hawise, Duchess of Brittany. After him is Stigand.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hereward the Wake ranks 3,476 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark Lindsay Chapman (1954), Dennis Taylor (1949), John McDouall Stuart (1815), John Wilkinson (1728), Neil Murray (1950), and Ken Livingstone (1945). After him are Margaret Mee (1909), Theo James (1984), Tommy Hampson (1907), Æthelthryth (636), Don Thompson (1933), and Natascha McElhone (1969).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Hereward the Wake ranks 30. Before him are Venetia Burney (1918), Mary Dyer (1611), Josephine Butler (1828), Donald Watson (1910), Mary Toft (1703), and Jack Sheppard (1702). After him are Grey Owl (1888), Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Octavia Hill (1838), Emily Hobhouse (1860), Annie Kenney (1879), and Flora Drummond (1878).

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