SOCIAL ACTIVIST

William Howard Russell

1820 - 1907

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Sir William Howard Russell, (28 March 1827 – 10 February 1907) was an Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents. He spent 22 months covering the Crimean War, including the Siege of Sevastopol and the Charge of the Light Brigade. He later covered events during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the American Civil War, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Howard Russell has received more than 163,623 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William Howard Russell is the 401st most popular social activist (down from 352nd in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 142nd in 2019) and the most popular Irish Social Activist.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.70

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, William Howard Russell ranks 401 out of 840. Before him are Bayard Rustin, Evelyn Mase, Inge Scholl, James Guillaume, Kamala Nehru, and Venetia Burney. After him are Martin Guerre, Amal Clooney, Marina Oswald Porter, Catharine MacKinnon, Mathew Brady, and Borys Romanchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, William Howard Russell ranks 56. Before him are Arvid Posse, György Klapka, Pōmare III, Georg Curtius, Concepción Arenal, and Juan N. Méndez. After him are Mariano Melgarejo, Nikolay Girs, Theodoros Diligiannis, Gillis Bildt, Carolina Coronado, and Alexander Serov. Among people deceased in 1907, William Howard Russell ranks 67. Before him are Maurice Loewy, Ernst von Bergmann, Bernhard Hammer, Léon Serpollet, Ludwig Thuille, and Alfred Newton. After him are Luis Sáenz Peña, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Otto Kuntze, Edward Routh, and René Pottier.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Howard Russell ranks 153 out of 549. Before him are Edward Bruce (1275), Ninette de Valois (1898), Eddie Jordan (1948), Edna O'Brien (1930), Michael William Balfe (1808), and Brendan Behan (1923). After him are Jane Wilde (1821), Ronnie Drew (1934), Edward Sabine (1788), Herbert Brenon (1880), William Orpen (1878), and John de Robeck (1862).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Ireland

Among social activists born in Ireland, William Howard Russell ranks 1. After him are Mary Harris Jones (1837), Wolfe Tone (1763), Eoin O'Duffy (1890), Robert Emmet (1778), and William Smith O'Brien (1803).

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