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Joseph Henry Blackburne

1841 - 1924

Joseph Henry Blackburne

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 110,237 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Joseph Henry Blackburne is the 54th most popular chess player (up from 74th in 2019), the 1,691st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,200th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Chess Player.

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110k
Page Views (PV)
54.49
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
25
Languages Editions (L)
6.80
Effective Languages (L*)
2.33
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 54 out of 374. Before him are Lajos Portisch, Salo Flohr, Viswanathan Anand, Géza Maróczy, Elisaveta Bykova, and Carl Schlechter. After him are Mark Taimanov, Magnus Carlsen, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Dawid Janowski, Jan Timman, and Olga Rubtsova.

Most Popular Chess Players in Wikipedia

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Lajos Portisch
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 48
Salo Flohr
1908 - 1983
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 49
Viswanathan Anand
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 50
Géza Maróczy
1870 - 1951
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 51
Elisaveta Bykova
1913 - 1989
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 52
Carl Schlechter
1874 - 1918
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 53
Joseph Henry Blackburne
1841 - 1924
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 54
Mark Taimanov
1926 - 2016
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 55
Magnus Carlsen
1990 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 56
Rashid Nezhmetdinov
1912 - 1974
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 57
Dawid Janowski
1868 - 1927
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 58
Jan Timman
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 59
Olga Rubtsova
1909 - 1994
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 60

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 34. Before him are Sam Loyd, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Hermann Carl Vogel, Ybyrai Altynsarin, Otto von Gierke, and Wilfrid Laurier. After him are Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, Prudente de Morais, Philipp Mainländer, Princess Marie of the Netherlands, Felip Pedrell, and Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg. Among people deceased in 1924, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 46. Before him are Princess Isabella of Bavaria, Jacques de Morgan, Sergei Lyapunov, Azem Galica, Arne Garborg, and Aleksa Šantić. After him are Emile Claus, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, Franz von Bayros, Hans Thoma, Dimitar Blagoev, and Eugenius Warming.

Others Born in 1841

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Sam Loyd
1841 - 1911
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 28
Eliza Orzeszkowa
1841 - 1910
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 29
Hermann Carl Vogel
1841 - 1907
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 30
Ybyrai Altynsarin
1841 - 1889
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 31
Otto von Gierke
1841 - 1921
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 32
Wilfrid Laurier
1841 - 1919
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 33
Joseph Henry Blackburne
1841 - 1924
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 34
Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev
1841 - 1910
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 35
Prudente de Morais
1841 - 1902
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 36
Philipp Mainländer
1841 - 1876
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 37
Princess Marie of the Netherlands
1841 - 1910
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 38
Felip Pedrell
1841 - 1922
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 39
Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg
1841 - 1914
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 40