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W. T. Stead

1849 - 1912

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His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2024). W. T. Stead is the 12th most popular journalist (up from 27th in 2024), the 704th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,379th in 2019) and the most popular British Journalist.

W. T. Stead was a British journalist who was most famous for the "Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon" article, which was published in the Pall Mall Gazette on 1885. The article was about a 13-year-old girl who was sold into prostitution.

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Among Journalists

Among journalists, W. T. Stead ranks 12 out of 196. Before him are Joseph Pulitzer, Gianni Rodari, Oriana Fallaci, Gerda Taro, Anna Politkovskaya, and Dorothea Lange. After him are Jean-Marie Balestre, John Reed, Beate Klarsfeld, Julian Assange, David Seymour, and Victor Noir.

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Among people born in 1849, W. T. Stead ranks 12. Before him are Muhammad Abduh, Blanche Monnier, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Bernhard von Bülow, Felix Klein, and Alfred von Tirpitz. After him are Sergei Witte, John William Waterhouse, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Michael Ancher, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1912, W. T. Stead ranks 17. Before him are Edward Smith, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Karl May, Jack Phillips, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, and Lawrence Alma-Tadema. After him are Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Johann Martin Schleyer, Benjamin Guggenheim, Osborne Reynolds, and William McMaster Murdoch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, W. T. Stead ranks 704 out of NaN. Before him are Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Jane Seymour (1951), Edgar Wallace (1875), Norman Angell (1872), Joan Collins (1933), and Alec Douglas-Home (1903). After him are Stanley Baldwin (1867), Kenneth Branagh (1960), William John Swainson (1789), John Cockcroft (1897), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), and Colin Bell (1946).

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Among Journalists In United Kingdom

Among journalists born in United Kingdom, W. T. Stead ranks 1. After him are Gareth Jones (1905), Jeremy Clarkson (1960), Christopher Hitchens (1949), William Wilson (1844), Martin Parr (1952), Malcolm Campbell (1885), Piers Morgan (1965), George Rodger (1908), Murray Walker (1923), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), and Chris Bonington (1934).

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