SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Thomas Clarkson

1760 - 1846

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Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (also known as the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade) and helped achieve passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807, which ended British trade in slaves. He became a pacifist in 1816 and, with his brother John, was among the twelve founders of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace.In his later years, Clarkson campaigned for the abolition of slavery worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Clarkson has received more than 546,342 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Thomas Clarkson is the 579th most popular social activist (down from 473rd in 2019), the 4,729th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,179th in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Thomas Clarksons by language

Over the past year Thomas Clarkson has had the most page views in the with 54,732 views, followed by French (2,562), and German (2,250). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Pashto (72.99%), Persian (38.21%), and Simple English (38.07%)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Thomas Clarkson ranks 579 out of 840. Before him are Flora Drummond, Emily Davies, Bruno Manser, Lepa Mladjenovic, Wang Dan, and Albert Parsons. After him are James Meredith, Luis Taruc, Sylvia Rivera, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, Selena Rocky Malone, and Asma Jahangir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1760, Thomas Clarkson ranks 35. Before him are Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, Mohammad Ali Khan Zand, Lemuel Francis Abbott, Maria Cosway, Ferdinand Bauer, and Ivan Dmitriev. After him are Oliver Wolcott Jr., Jonathan Dayton, and John Breckinridge. Among people deceased in 1846, Thomas Clarkson ranks 31. Before him are Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, W. J. Coffee, Jan Frans Willems, Dwarkanath Tagore, and José María Calatrava y Peinado. After him is Jane Irwin Harrison.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Clarkson ranks 4,729 out of 8,785. Before him are Derek Bailey (1930), George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), Irene Manton (1904), Phyllis Logan (1956), and Stephanie Beacham (1947). After him are Thomas Adès (1971), Trent Alexander-Arnold (1998), Alfie Allen (1986), Walter Chaffe (1870), Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), and Philip Hall (1904).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Thomas Clarkson ranks 38. Before him are Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Octavia Hill (1838), Emily Hobhouse (1860), Annie Kenney (1879), Flora Drummond (1878), and Emily Davies (1830). After him are Ingrid Newkirk (1949), Arthur Scargill (1938), James Larkin (1876), Harry Hay (1912), Mirabehn (1892), and Samuel Gompers (1850).

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