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William Davies Evans

1790 - 1872

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Captain William Davies Evans (27 January 1790 – 3 August 1872) was a seafarer and inventor, though he is best known today for the Evans Gambit, a chess opening. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Davies Evans has received more than 60,491 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). William Davies Evans is the 14,656th most popular politician (down from 13,067th in 2019), the 3,645th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,219th in 2019) and the 482nd most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 60k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Davies Evans ranks 14,656 out of 19,576. Before him are Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols, Baba-aha-iddina, Shepenupet II, Tom Hayden, Sonbef, and Michael Somare. After him are Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Lucius Cornelius Lentulus, Quentin Bryce, Konstantin Stoilov, Carlo II Tocco, and Atticus of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, William Davies Evans ranks 48. Before him are Jean René Constant Quoy, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, Juan Álvarez, Letitia Christian Tyler, Abel P. Upshur, and Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz. After him are John Ross, Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, Tommaso Grossi, Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, and Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero. Among people deceased in 1872, William Davies Evans ranks 62. Before him are Mpande kaSenzangakhona, Andrej Sládkovič, Frederik Kaiser, Franz Xaver Fieber, Bedros Tourian, and Richard S. Ewell. After him are Edwin Atherstone, Nikolay Milyutin, Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Charles Combes, Agustín Morales, and Thomas Sully.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Davies Evans ranks 3,645 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Wyville Thomson (1830), Sydney Greenstreet (1879), Roger Dean (1944), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), David Dunbar Buick (1854), and David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (1919). After him are Roger Allam (1953), Raymond Leppard (1927), Peter Cook (1936), Hector Boece (1465), John Derbyshire (1878), and Ralph Cudworth (1617).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Davies Evans ranks 482. Before him are Roy Jenkins (1920), Stafford Cripps (1889), Jack Straw (1946), Robin Cook (1946), John Taylor (1808), and John Smith (1938). After him are Tony Benn (1925), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905), Tommy Douglas (1904), Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421), and Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430).

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