Crowborough
Crowborough ranks 5,933rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Adrogué, Bolhrad, and Kenilworth. Memorable people born in Crowborough include E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Piers Sellers, and P. H. Newby. Memorable people who died in Crowborough include Arthur Conan Doyle, and Isaac Roberts. Crowborough has been the birth place of many anthropologists, and astronauts and the death place of many writers, and engineers. Crowborough is located in United Kingdom.
Crowborough is a town and civil parish in East Sussex, England, in the Weald at the edge of Ashdown Forest in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Royal Tunbridge Wells and 33 miles (53 km) south of London. It had a population 20,607 at the 2011 Census. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1902 and 1955, Crowborough was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Piers Sellers, and P. H. Newby. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Crowborough including Arthur Conan Doyle, and Isaac Roberts.
People Born in Crowborough
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E. E. Evans-Pritchard
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1902 - 1973
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 1
Piers Sellers
ASTRONAUT
1955 - 2016
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 2
P. H. Newby
WRITER
1918 - 1997
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 3
People Deceased in Crowborough
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Arthur Conan Doyle
WRITER
1859 - 1930
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 1
Isaac Roberts
ENGINEER
1829 - 1904
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Crowborough were anthropologists (1), astronauts (1), and writers (1), while most who died were writers (1), and engineers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, astronauts have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Crowborough, including Piers Sellers. Whereas, throughout history, anthropologists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Crowborough, including E. E. Evans-Pritchard.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Crowborough since 1700.
