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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mary Ann Nichols

1845 - 1888

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Mary Ann Nichols, known as Polly Nichols (née Walker; 26 August 1845 – 31 August 1888), was the first canonical victim of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, who is believed to have murdered and mutilated at least five women in and around the Whitechapel district of London from late August to early November 1888. The two previous murders linked to the Whitechapel murderer are unlikely to have been committed by Jack the Ripper. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Ann Nichols has received more than 1,503,077 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Mary Ann Nichols is the 1,004th most popular religious figure (down from 866th in 2019), the 1,056th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 936th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Religious Figure.

Mary Ann Nichols was a prostitute who was murdered by Jack the Ripper in 1888.

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  • 58.64

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 1,004 out of 2,238. Before her are Vincent Pallotti, 11th Dalai Lama, Antipope Paschal, David Yonggi Cho, Lillian Asplund, and Fulgentius of Ruspe. After her are Marcabru, Gianna Beretta Molla, Mark of Ephesus, Lawrence of Brindisi, Ascanio Sforza, and Henri de Lubac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 28. Before her are Princess Sophie of Saxony, José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Infanta Antónia of Portugal, Laura Marx, Leopold Auer, and Jan Baudouin de Courtenay. After her are Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Isidor Straus, Fernand Cormon, Tristan Corbière, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, and Jacint Verdaguer. Among people deceased in 1888, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 18. Before her are Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Paul Langerhans, Ascanio Sobrero, Theodor Storm, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, and Anton Mauve. After her are Mary Jane Kelly, Johannes Zukertort, Elizabeth Stride, Annie Chapman, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, and Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 1,056 out of 7,765. Before her are Alan Parsons (1948), David Hamilton (1933), Michael Houghton (1949), Kim Wilde (1960), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), and Stewart Granger (1913). After her are Twiggy (1949), James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718), Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945), Frank Oz (1944), and Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 22. Before her are Willibrord (658), Charles Spurgeon (1834), Frederick Fleet (1887), Saint Malachy (1094), Reginald Pole (1500), and Edith Cavell (1865). After her are Saint David (512), Stephen Harding (1059), Henry (1100), William Booth (1829), John Fisher (1469), and George Fox (1624).

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