RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Matthew Webb

1848 - 1883

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Captain Matthew Webb (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1883) was an English seaman, swimmer and stuntman who became the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. Webb increased the popularity of swimming in England. Born in Dawley, Shropshire, Webb developed his swimming skills as a child while playing in the River Severn. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew Webb has received more than 523,048 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Matthew Webb is the 2,883rd most popular religious figure (down from 2,279th in 2019), the 4,564th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,222nd in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Matthew Webb ranks 2,883 out of 3,187. Before him are Anthimus VII of Constantinople, Gaudencio Rosales, Anastasius of Constantinople, Sin-Iddinam, Edoardo Menichelli, and Palladius. After him are Justin Francis Rigali, Joachim IV of Constantinople, Paul II of Constantinople, Cornelius Sim, Deusdedit of Canterbury, and Sylvester Graham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Matthew Webb ranks 112. Before him are Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde, Waldemar Rosenberger, Jørgen Løvland, Lewis Howard Latimer, Otto Bütschli, and James Whitbread Lee Glaisher. After him are Amos Burn, Albert Parsons, W. G. Grace, Eliodoro Villazón, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Louisa Lawson. Among people deceased in 1883, Matthew Webb ranks 67. Before him are Alexandros Koumoundouros, Samo Chalupka, Victor Puiseux, Philipp Christoph Zeller, General Tom Thumb, and Jeremiah S. Black. After him are John Lawrence LeConte, Peter Cooper, Henry John Stephen Smith, William Spottiswoode, and Lot M. Morrill.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Webb ranks 4,564 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Briers (1934), Walter de la Mare (1873), Chris Hughton (1958), Dave Finlay (1958), Jack Davenport (1973), and Sophia Jex-Blake (1840). After him are Dave Hill (1946), Scott Carson (1985), Emlyn Hughes (1947), Alan Kennedy (1954), Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591), and Mischa Barton (1986).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Matthew Webb ranks 104. Before him are Dolly Pentreath (1692), Chad of Mercia (634), George Abbot (1562), Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), Æthelwold of Winchester (900), and John Morton (1420). After him are Deusdedit of Canterbury (600), Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864), Paul Gallagher (1954), Catherine Booth (1829), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), and Basil Hume (1923).

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