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Joseph Bell

1837 - 1911

Joseph Bell

Joseph Bell FRCSE (2 December 1837 – 4 October 1911) was a Scottish surgeon and lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Bell has received more than 743,166 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Joseph Bell is the 5th most popular inspiration, the 1,123rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,491st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Inspiration.

Memorability Metrics

740k
Page Views (PV)
58.20
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
26
Languages Editions (L)
5.41
Effective Languages (L*)
2.59
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INSPIRATIONS

Among inspirations, Joseph Bell ranks 5 out of 7. Before him are Vlad the Impaler, Eugène François Vidocq, Johann Georg Faust, and Alice Liddell. After him are Andrew Wakefield, Jack LaLanne, and George Floyd.

Most Popular Inspirations in Wikipedia

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Vlad the Impaler
1431 - 1476
HPI: 84.22
Rank: 1
Eugène François Vidocq
1775 - 1857
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 2
Johann Georg Faust
1480 - 1541
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 3
Alice Liddell
1852 - 1934
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 4
Joseph Bell
1837 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 5
Andrew Wakefield
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 6
Jack LaLanne
1914 - 2011
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 7
George Floyd
1973 - 2020
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 8

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Joseph Bell ranks 30. Before him are Rosalía de Castro, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Émile Waldteufel, Pierre Auguste Cot, Vasily Radlov, and Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione. After him are Édouard Stephan, James Murray, Ion Creangă, Wild Bill Hickok, Abraham Kuyper, and Arnold Janssen. Among people deceased in 1911, Joseph Bell ranks 20. Before him are Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Edward Whymper, Ahmed ‘Urabi, Theodor Escherich, Laura Marx, and Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy. After him are Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Johan Svendsen, Jack Daniel, Jules Brunet, Williamina Fleming, and Sam Loyd.

Others Born in 1837

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Rosalía de Castro
1837 - 1885
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 24
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
1837 - 1859
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 25
Émile Waldteufel
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 26
Pierre Auguste Cot
1837 - 1883
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 27
Vasily Radlov
1837 - 1918
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 28
Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione
1837 - 1899
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 29
Joseph Bell
1837 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 30
Édouard Stephan
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 31
James Murray
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 32
Ion Creangă
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 33
Wild Bill Hickok
1837 - 1876
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 34
Abraham Kuyper
1837 - 1920
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 35
Arnold Janssen
1837 - 1909
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 36