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Mathew Brady

1822 - 1896

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Mathew B. Brady (c. 1822–1824 – January 15, 1896) was an American photographer. Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Brady opened his own studio in New York City in 1844, and went on to photograph U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mathew Brady has received more than 1,421,497 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Mathew Brady is the 363rd most popular social activist (down from 304th in 2019), the 4,837th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,227th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 49.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mathew Brady ranks 363 out of 538. Before him are Jerry Rubin, Claudette Colvin, Harry Wu, Leona Vicario, Karl Ludwig Sand, and Malala Yousafzai. After him are Ivan Bolotnikov, Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, Louise Bryant, Kamala Nehru, Katarina Taikon, and Chen Qimei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Mathew Brady ranks 53. Before him are Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Willem Roelofs, Alexander Mackenzie, and John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough. After him are Jakob Dubs, Dmitry Grigorovich, Gustav Spörer, Luis Sáenz Peña, Janko Kráľ, and Julius von Haast. Among people deceased in 1896, Mathew Brady ranks 52. Before him are Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Karl Verner, Charilaos Trikoupis, Mårten Eskil Winge, Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, and Jules Simon. After him are Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Charles Floquet, Félix Tisserand, Aleksandr Stoletov, Hugo Gyldén, and Alexey Bogolyubov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mathew Brady ranks 4,837 out of 18,182. Before him are Mary Daly (1928), Mike Connors (1925), Doug Jones (1960), Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), Jeralean Talley (1899), and Chris Carter (1956). After him are Kenny Burrell (1931), Vince Lombardi (1913), Maggie Q (1979), Antonio Fargas (1946), Elaine May (1932), and Rube Goldberg (1883).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Mathew Brady ranks 46. Before him are Edna Parker (1893), Mary Edwards Walker (1832), Lee Radziwill (1933), Dorothy Day (1897), Jerry Rubin (1938), and Claudette Colvin (1939). After him are Louise Bryant (1885), Lester R. Brown (1934), Catharine MacKinnon (1946), Samantha Smith (1972), Sam Childers (1963), and Phyllis Schlafly (1924).

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