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Michael Davitt

1846 - 1906

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Michael Davitt (25 March 1846 – 30 May 1906) was an Irish republican activist for a variety of causes, especially Home Rule and land reform. Following an eviction when he was four years old, Davitt's family migrated to England. He began his career as an organiser of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, which resisted British rule in Ireland with violence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Davitt has received more than 284,500 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Davitt is the 6,766th most popular writer, the 396th most popular biography from Ireland and the 57th most popular Irish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Irish cause
Home rule, Politics and government, Home rule (Ireland)
1886
The Boer Fight for Freedom
2015
The fall of feudalism in Ireland
Land League (Ireland), History
1904
The Boer fight for freedom
History, South African War, 1899-1902, Transvaal (South Africa) War of 1880-1881
1902
Within the Pale
2018
Within the pale
Antisemitism, Jewish question, Jews
1903

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Davitt ranks 6,766 out of 7,302. Before him are Allen Tate, Marge Piercy, Stanley Middleton, Howard Gordon, Sharon Olds, and Miro Gavran. After him are Leena Lehtolainen, Charley Boorman, Ed Greenwood, Nina Bawden, Abdellah Taïa, and Carol Ann Duffy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Michael Davitt ranks 115. Before him are Randolph Caldecott, Maksymilian Gierymski, Edward S. Holden, Raimundo Andueza Palacio, Ira Remsen, and Joseph B. Foraker.  Among people deceased in 1906, Michael Davitt ranks 83. Before him are Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Walter Buller, Richard Seddon, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Varina Davis, and Eastman Johnson.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Michael Davitt ranks 396 out of 549. Before him are Sandie Jones (1954), Steve Heighway (1947), Packie Bonner (1960), Pat Condell (1949), Sally Rooney (1991), and Jim Corr (1964). After him are Claire Keegan (1968), Niamh Kavanagh (1968), Glenn Quinn (1970), Paul Mescal (1996), John Moore (1970), and Creighton Hale (1882).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Michael Davitt ranks 57. Before him are Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), James Mason (1849), Thomas MacDonagh (1878), Emma Donoghue (1969), Padraic Colum (1881), and Sally Rooney (1991). After him are Claire Keegan (1968), Anne Enright (1962), William Allingham (1824), Patrick McCabe (1955), and Stefan Molyneux (1966).

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