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W. G. Grace

1848 - 1915

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William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. He was nominally amateur as a cricketer, but he is said to have made more money from his cricketing activities than any professional cricketer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. G. Grace has received more than 1,164,676 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). W. G. Grace is the 4th most popular cricketer, the 4,978th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,590th in 2019) and the most popular British Cricketer.

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  • 40.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, W. G. Grace ranks 4 out of 68. Before him are Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, and Sunil Gavaskar. After him are MS Dhoni, Kapil Dev, Willie Watson, Alfred Bowerman, Virat Kohli, Garfield Sobers, Viv Richards, and Rahul Dravid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, W. G. Grace ranks 110. Before him are Helen Allingham, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Gunnar Knudsen, Bernard Bosanquet, Lewis Howard Latimer, and Diederik Korteweg.  Among people deceased in 1915, W. G. Grace ranks 112. Before him are Keir Hardie, Charles Tupper, Charles Walter De Vis, William Wallace Denslow, Nelson W. Aldrich, and John Bunny. After him are Lawrence Hargrave, Mari Beyleryan, and Susan La Flesche Picotte.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, W. G. Grace ranks 4,978 out of 7,765. Before him are Sajid Javid (1969), Andy Auld (1900), Daniel Levy (1962), Joe Meek (1929), Reg Presley (1941), and Goldie (1965). After him are Sarah Gilbert (1962), Tracey Emin (1963), Ricky Whittle (1981), John Cannon (1933), Dora Marsden (1882), and Ian Livingstone (1949).

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Among CRICKETERS In United Kingdom

Among cricketers born in United Kingdom, W. G. Grace ranks 1. After him are Willie Watson (1920), Alfred Bowerman (1873), James Anderson (1982), Andrew Symonds (1975), Joe Root (1990), and Ian Bell (1982).

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