CHESS PLAYER

John Owen

1827 - 1901

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John Owen (8 April 1827 – 24 November 1901) was an English vicar and amateur chess master. He ranked among the world's top ten chess players for certain periods of the 1860s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Owen has received more than 41,801 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Owen is the 202nd most popular chess player, the 5,009th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 9th most popular British Chess Player.

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  • 42k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, John Owen ranks 202 out of 461. Before him are Leonid Shamkovich, Nick de Firmian, Isaac Kashdan, Gyula Sax, Nana Ioseliani, and Robert Byrne. After him are Predrag Nikolić, Julio Bolbochán, Irina Levitina, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Ashot Anastasian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, John Owen ranks 65. Before him are Quintino Sella, José Manuel Marroquín, Barbara Bodichon, Anthimus VII of Constantinople, Emma Schenson, and William Burges. After him are Richard Morris Hunt, Mary Ward, Afzal-ud-Daulah, William Windom, Henry Warner Slocum, and Augustus Pitt Rivers. Among people deceased in 1901, John Owen ranks 94. Before him are Kliment of Tarnovo, Henri Helle, Auguste Serrurier, Victor Thibault, Lorenzo Snow, and Albrecht Weber. After him are John Stainer, Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal, Walter Besant, and Hiram Rhodes Revels.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Owen ranks 5,009 out of 8,785. Before him are Ben Daniels (1964), Richie Hawtin (1970), Daniel Sturridge (1989), Gil Merrick (1922), John Whitehurst (1713), and Guy Pratt (1962). After him are William Duesbury (1725), Gordon Thomas (1921), John Betjeman (1906), Katie Johnson (1878), Steve Archibald (1956), and Eva Crane (1912).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among chess players born in United Kingdom, John Owen ranks 9. Before him are Michael Adams (1971), Alexander McDonnell (1798), Horatio Caro (1862), Henry Bird (1830), Amos Burn (1848), and Jonathan Penrose (1933). After him are John Nunn (1955), Nigel Short (1965), Tony Miles (1955), Harry Golombek (1911), Fred Yates (1884), and Raymond Keene (1948).

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