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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Jack Phillips

1887 - 1912

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Jack Phillips (born John George Phillips; 11 April 1887 – 15 April 1912) was a British sailor and the senior wireless operator aboard the Titanic during her ill-fated maiden voyage in April 1912. On the final evening, Phillips had been exceptionally busy clearing a backlog of messages caused by a wireless breakdown. The steamship Mesaba sent an ice alert; he acknowledged it, but failed to pass it on to the bridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Phillips has received more than 22,534 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jack Phillips is the 559th most popular military personnel (up from 591st in 2019), the 1,042nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,173rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.62

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  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jack Phillips ranks 559 out of 1,468. Before him are Yue Jin, Aleksei Antonov, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Qi Jiguang, August Hirt, and Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle. After him are Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Werner Ostendorff, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Saitō Hajime, and Aegidius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Jack Phillips ranks 69. Before him are Conrad Hilton, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Arnold Zweig, Blaise Cendrars, Savielly Tartakower, and Raoul Walsh. After him are Hermine Reuss of Greiz, Hugo Steinhaus, René Spitz, Marcus Garvey, Josef Čapek, and Giovanni Gronchi. Among people deceased in 1912, Jack Phillips ranks 31. Before him are Osborne Reynolds, James Paul Moody, Henry Tingle Wilde, Nettie Stevens, Nogi Maresuke, and Bolesław Prus. After him are W. T. Stead, William Booth, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Ion Luca Caragiale, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, and Wallace Hartley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Phillips ranks 1,042 out of 7,765. Before him are Samuel Butler (1612), Roger Daltrey (1944), George Vancouver (1757), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), Alan Moore (1953), and Thomas Graham (1805). After him are Geraldine McEwan (1932), John Horton Conway (1937), Charles Spearman (1863), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), George Biddell Airy (1801), and Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Jack Phillips ranks 20. Before him are John Hanning Speke (1827), John Hawkins (1532), James Paul Moody (1887), William Bligh (1754), Harold Lowe (1882), and Paddy Roy Bates (1921). After him are Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), Woodes Rogers (1679), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), William Stuart-Houston (1911), and Melita Norwood (1912).

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