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Annie Besant

1847 - 1933

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Annie Besant (; née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was an English socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist and campaigner for Indian nationalism. She was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule. She became the first female president of the Indian National Congress in 1917. She became a prominent speaker for the National Secular Society (NSS), as well as a writer, and a close friend of Charles Bradlaugh. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Annie Besant is the 115th most popular social activist (down from 102nd in 2019), the 819th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 602nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Social Activist.

Annie Besant was a British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, and writer. She was a supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule and was an orator for the Fabian Society. She was also a co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Annie Besant ranks 115 out of 840. Before her are John Brown, Fra Dolcino, Zhang Jue, Marinus van der Lubbe, René Just Haüy, and Thomas Cranmer. After her are Flora Tristan, Betty Ford, Vesna Vulović, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Edmond James de Rothschild, and Rashid ad-Din Sinan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Annie Besant ranks 16. Before her are Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Georges Sorel, Jean Casimir-Perier, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Max Liebermann, and Jens Peter Jacobsen. After her are Radomir Putnik, Bolesław Prus, Sergey Nechayev, Paul Langerhans, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, and Maria Pia of Savoy. Among people deceased in 1933, Annie Besant ranks 15. Before her are Mohammed Nadir Shah, Paul Ehrenfest, Jimmie Rodgers, Sándor Ferenczi, Wilhelm Cuno, and Nikolai Yudenich. After her are Anatoly Lunacharsky, Paul Painlevé, Knud Rasmussen, Stefan George, Princess Thyra of Denmark, and Oskar Potiorek.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Annie Besant ranks 819 out of 8,785. Before her are Richard Francis Burton (1821), Beatrice Webb (1858), Mackenzie Bowell (1823), Douglas Adams (1952), Thomas Wolsey (1473), and Thomas Cranmer (1489). After her are Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862), Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), James May (1963), Fatboy Slim (1963), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), and Hertha Ayrton (1854).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Annie Besant ranks 9. Before her are Guy Fawkes (1570), Robert Owen (1771), Lady Godiva (990), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), Mairead Maguire (1944), and Thomas Cranmer (1489). After her are Max Mosley (1940), Emily Davison (1872), Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Kate Sheppard (1848), and Unity Mitford (1914).

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