SWIMMER

John Derbyshire

1878 - 1938

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John Henry "Rob" Derbyshire (29 November 1878 – 25 November 1938) was an English freestyle swimmer and water polo player from Chorlton, Lancashire, who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics (maybe), 1906 Intercalated Games, 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Derbyshire has received more than 367,198 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Derbyshire is the 53rd most popular swimmer, the 3,649th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 2nd most popular British Swimmer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, John Derbyshire ranks 53 out of 709. Before him are Arne Borg, Galina Prozumenshchikova, Arati Saha, Fanny Durack, Edgar Adams, and Hilde Schrader. After him are Carolyn Schuler, Katie Ledecky, Kusuo Kitamura, Nida Senff, Greta Johansson, and John Arthur Jarvis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, John Derbyshire ranks 188. Before him are Edward Thomas, Henry B. Walthall, Ion Dragoumis, Joel Stebbins, Ada Adler, and He Xiangning. After him are Gustav Schuft, Mikheil Tsereteli, Francisco Lagos Cházaro, Zdeněk Nejedlý, Muriel Robb, and Holger Thiele. Among people deceased in 1938, John Derbyshire ranks 181. Before him are Víctor Morales, Heinrich Held, Isaak Zelensky, Miguel Fleta, Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, and Georgy Langemak. After him are Albertson Van Zo Post, Lajos Tihanyi, Hale Asaf, Clarence Darrow, Ekaterine Gabashvili, and Grey Owl.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Derbyshire ranks 3,649 out of 8,785. Before him are David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (1919), William Davies Evans (1790), Roger Allam (1953), Raymond Leppard (1927), Peter Cook (1936), and Hector Boece (1465). After him are Ralph Cudworth (1617), Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893), Sam Riley (1980), Adolph Deutsch (1897), Arthur Roche (1950), and Gabrielle Anwar (1970).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, John Derbyshire ranks 2. Before him are Henry Taylor (1885). After him are 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).

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