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Charles Boycott

1832 - 1897

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Charles Cunningham Boycott (12 March 1832 – 19 June 1897) was an English land agent whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland gave the English language the term boycott. He had served in the British Army 39th Foot, which brought him to Ireland. After retiring from the army, Boycott worked as a land agent for Lord Erne, a landowner in the Lough Mask area of County Mayo. In 1880, as part of its campaign for the Three Fs (fair rent, fixity of tenure, and free sale) and specifically in resistance to proposed evictions on the estate, local activists of the Irish National Land League encouraged Boycott's employees (including the seasonal workers required to harvest the crops on Lord Erne's estate) to withdraw their labour, and began a campaign of isolation against Boycott in the local community. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Boycott is the 362nd most popular social activist (down from 316th in 2019), the 2,720th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,128th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Charles Boycott ranks 362 out of 840. Before him are Mehdi Huseynzade, Yun Hyon-seok, Deniz Gezmiş, Satish Kumar, Muhammad Zaidan, and Frank País. After him are Mentor of Rhodes, Anita Augspurg, Abbie Hoffman, Samantha Smith, Vasily Ignatenko, and Mari Beyleryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Charles Boycott ranks 54. Before him are Nikolai Zverev, Edwin Arnold, Charilaos Trikoupis, Theodor Gomperz, Arthur Hughes, and Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After him are Turki bin Said, Caroline Harrison, Emilio Castelar, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Colin Archer, and Leslie Stephen. Among people deceased in 1897, Charles Boycott ranks 48. Before him are Ion Ghica, Robert Themptander, Karol Mikuli, Panteleimon Kulish, Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan, and George Pullman. After him are Émile Levassor, Carl Remigius Fresenius, Dimitrie Ghica, Rutherford Alcock, Lea Ahlborn, and Charles-Denis Bourbaki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Boycott ranks 2,721 out of 8,785. Before him are Joe Spence (1898), E. Nesbit (1858), Paul Davies (1946), Eduardo Paolozzi (1924), William Hope Hodgson (1877), and Willehad (735). After him are Julia McKenzie (1941), John Paul Jones (1747), Alan Price (1942), Henry Tandey (1891), Edmund Gwenn (1877), and Beatrice Tinsley (1941).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Charles Boycott ranks 25. Before him are Cassivellaunus (-100), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Allan Octavian Hume (1829), Venetia Burney (1918), Josephine Butler (1828), and Sylvia Pankhurst (1882). After him are Robert Catesby (1573), James Guillaume (1844), Mirabehn (1892), Hereward the Wake (1035), Donald Watson (1910), and Mary Toft (1703).

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