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Joseph Henry Blackburne

1841 - 1924

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Joseph Henry Blackburne (10 December 1841 – 1 September 1924) was a British chess player. Nicknamed "The Black Death", he dominated the British scene during the latter part of the 19th century. Blackburne learned the game at the relatively late age of 17 or 18, but he quickly became a strong player and went on to develop a professional chess career that spanned over 50 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Henry Blackburne has received more than 117,195 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Henry Blackburne is the 49th most popular chess player (up from 54th in 2019), the 1,655th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,686th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Chess Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 49 out of 461. Before him are Yuri Averbakh, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Alessandro Salvio, Frank Marshall, Andor Lilienthal, and Rudolf Spielmann. After him are Milan Vidmar, Jan Timman, Pedro Damiano, Lajos Portisch, Alexander Kotov, and Lionel Kieseritzky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 33. Before him are Annie Chapman, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Philipp Mainländer, Julius von Payer, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, and Mykhailo Drahomanov. After him are Giovanni Sgambati, Ybyrai Altynsarin, Sam Loyd, Eugenius Warming, Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, and Otto von Gierke. Among people deceased in 1924, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 45. Before him are Franz von Bayros, Helge von Koch, Valery Bryusov, Princess Isabella of Bavaria, Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, and Jacques de Morgan. After him are Dimitar Blagoev, Eugenius Warming, Emile Claus, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, E. Nesbit, and Louis Delluc.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 1,655 out of 8,785. Before him are Sebastian Coe (1956), Kate Moss (1974), Thomas Sydenham (1624), Jeanette (1951), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), and E. P. Thompson (1924). After him are Eileen Atkins (1934), David Ogilvy (1911), Margaret Bondfield (1873), Jethro Tull (1674), William Hamilton (1730), and Greer Garson (1904).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among chess players born in United Kingdom, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 2. Before him are Howard Staunton (1810). After him are Michael Adams (1971), Alexander McDonnell (1798), Horatio Caro (1862), Henry Bird (1830), Amos Burn (1848), Jonathan Penrose (1933), John Owen (1827), John Nunn (1955), Nigel Short (1965), and Tony Miles (1955).

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