Halesworth
Halesworth ranks 7,374th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Harbor City, Los Angeles, Zviahel, and Minas, Uruguay. Memorable people born in Halesworth include Joseph Dalton Hooker, and George Lansbury. Halesworth has been the birth place of many biologists, and politicians. Halesworth is located in United Kingdom.
Halesworth is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in north-eastern Suffolk, England. The population stood at 4,726 in the 2011 Census. It lies 15 miles (24 km) south-west of Lowestoft, on a tributary of the River Blyth, nine miles upstream from Southwold. The town is served by Halesworth railway station on the Ipswich–Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. It is twinned with Bouchain in France and Eitorf in Germany. Nearby villages include Cratfield, Wissett, Chediston, Walpole, Blyford, Linstead Parva, Wenhaston, Thorington, Spexhall, Bramfield, Huntingfield, Cookley and Holton. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1817 and 1859, Halesworth was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Joseph Dalton Hooker, and George Lansbury.
People Born in Halesworth
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Joseph Dalton Hooker
BIOLOGIST
1817 - 1911
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 1
George Lansbury
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1940
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Halesworth were biologists (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history biologists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Halesworth, including Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Halesworth since 1700.
