SWIMMER

Lucy Morton

1898 - 1980

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Lucy Morton (23 February 1898 – 26 August 1980), later known by her married name Lucy Heaton, was an English competition swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke event. Morton was born in 1898 at New Tatton in Cheshire; her father Alfred was in domestic service as a groom. The family moved to Blackpool, and by the age of ten, Morton had joined the local amateur swimming club. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucy Morton has received more than 36,972 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucy Morton is the 152nd most popular swimmer, the 5,312th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 10th most popular British Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 37k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Lucy Morton ranks 152 out of 709. Before her are Shiro Hashizume, Harold Hardwick, Bill Mulliken, Raymond Thorne, Valerie Davies, and Eleanor Holm. After her are Hannelore Anke, Katherine Rawls, Leo Goodwin, Ulrike Tauber, Ken Huszagh, and Károly Bartha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Lucy Morton ranks 302. Before her are Norman Z. McLeod, Wiley Post, Clarence Walker, Molly Picon, Harry Watson, and Baby Dodds. After her are Yefim Dzigan, Bedřich Šupčík, Ludwig Bemelmans, Elemér Somfay, David Jack, and Frank Sullivan. Among people deceased in 1980, Lucy Morton ranks 288. Before her are Tryggve Gran, Marion Zinderstein, Barbara Pym, Lillian Randolph, Elliott Nugent, and Barney Bigard. After her are Carmel Myers, George Tobias, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Frank Saker, Emily Hood Westacott, and Muriel Freeman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lucy Morton ranks 5,312 out of 8,785. Before her are Prince Louis of Cambridge (2018), Bertie Mee (1918), Annie Haslam (1947), Barbara Shelley (1932), John Bercow (1963), and Valerie Davies (1912). After her are Ron Flockhart (1923), George Farquhar (1677), Regé-Jean Page (1988), Howard Jacobson (1942), Isabel Jeans (1891), and Victoria Tennant (1950).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Lucy Morton ranks 10. Before her are Irene Steer (1889), Frederick Holman (1885), Murray Rose (1939), Belle Moore (1894), Jennie Fletcher (1890), and Valerie Davies (1912). After her are Annie Speirs (1889), Judy Grinham (1939), Hilda James (1904), Anita Lonsbrough (1941), Adam Peaty (1994), and Tom Dean (2000).

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