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Polly Higgins

1968 - 2019

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Pauline Hélène "Polly" Higgins (4 July 1968 – 21 April 2019) was a Scottish barrister, author, and environmental lobbyist, described by Jonathan Watts in her obituary in The Guardian as, "one of the most inspiring figures in the green movement". She left her career as a lawyer to focus on environmental advocacy, and unsuccessfully lobbied the United Nations Law Commission to recognise ecocide as an international crime. Higgins wrote three books, including Eradicating Ecocide, and started the Earth Protectors group to raise funds to support the cause. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Polly Higgins is the 806th most popular social activist (down from 773rd in 2024), the 7,270th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,202nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Polly Higgins ranks 806 out of 840. Before her are Godeliève Mukasarasi, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Ronan Farrow, Joshua Wong, Gauri Lankesh, and Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes. After her are Bibi Aisha, Rahibai Soma Popere, Vanessa Nakate, Prince Abdul Azim of Brunei, Suren Gazaryan, and Eva Abu Halaweh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Polly Higgins ranks 966. Before her are Tomás Carbonell, James Lankford, Mikhail Nestruyev, Sergei Martynov, Brennan Brown, and Aleksandr Konovalov. After her are Birutė Šakickienė, María Luisa Calle, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Keiichi Zaizen, Wang Huifeng, and Julian Baggini. Among people deceased in 2019, Polly Higgins ranks 624. Before her are Yulia Nachalova, Barbara Perry, Wolfgang Perner, Jimmy Banks, Elijah Cummings, and Detsl. After her are Jörg Stübner, Josef Šural, Maximilian Reinelt, Dmytro Tymchuk, Denise Nickerson, and Jessi Combs.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Polly Higgins ranks 7,272 out of 8,785. Before her are Allan Evans (1956), Anthony Gordon (2001), Nigel Spink (1958), Gary Wallis (1964), Nigel Warburton (1962), and Rachel Reeves (1979). After her are Ophelia Lovibond (1986), Bobby Decordova-Reid (1993), Sammy Nelson (1949), Adam Webster (1995), Oliver Phelps (1986), and Jonathan Firth (1967).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Polly Higgins ranks 50. Before her are Samuel Gompers (1850), Flora Drummond (1878), Arthur Scargill (1938), Anna Howard Shaw (1847), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), and Laura Lopes (1978). After her are Anjem Choudary (1967), Nadiya Hussain (1984), Kate Rusby (1973), Anna Campbell (1991), Lilly Platt (2008), and Abby Gustaitis (1991).

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