SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Robert Emmet

1778 - 1803

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Robert Emmet (4 March 1778 – 20 September 1803) was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader. Following the suppression of the United Irish uprising in 1798, he sought to organise a renewed attempt to overthrow the British Crown and Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland, and to establish a nationally representative government. Emmet entertained, but ultimately abandoned, hopes of immediate French assistance and of coordination with radical militants in Great Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Emmet has received more than 661,796 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Robert Emmet is the 615th most popular social activist (down from 524th in 2019), the 321st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 311th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

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  • 42.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Robert Emmet ranks 615 out of 840. Before him are Jadav Payeng, Agnès Callamard, Mario Savio, James Larkin, Rachel Corrie, and Albertina Sisulu. After him are Betty Ong, Jan Egeland, Frances Willard, Irene Fernandez, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Robert Emmet ranks 49. Before him are José de la Mar, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Francisco Manuel Blanco, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Javier de Burgos, and Sahle Dengel. After him is Rembrandt Peale. Among people deceased in 1803, Robert Emmet ranks 41. Before him are Georges-Louis Le Sage, François Marie Daudin, Lemuel Francis Abbott, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, Nikolay Lvov, and Peter Ascanius. After him is Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Robert Emmet ranks 321 out of 549. Before him are Mary Ward (1827), Joseph Plunkett (1887), Barry Keoghan (1992), Nicky Byrne (1978), Damien Rice (1973), and Frank O'Farrell (1927). After him are Duncan Hamilton (1920), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), Maria Doyle Kennedy (1964), Nahum Tate (1652), Paul Harrington (1960), and Johnny Giles (1940).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Ireland

Among social activists born in Ireland, Robert Emmet ranks 5. Before him are William Howard Russell (1820), Mary Harris Jones (1837), Wolfe Tone (1763), and Eoin O'Duffy (1890). After him are William Smith O'Brien (1803).

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