RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Edith Cavell

1865 - 1915

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Edith Louisa Cavell ( KAV-əl; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. Cavell was arrested, court-martialled under German military law and sentenced to death by firing squad. Despite international pressure for mercy, the German government refused to commute her sentence, and she was shot. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edith Cavell is the 1,335th most popular religious figure (down from 1,136th in 2019), the 1,537th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,191st in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Edith Cavell ranks 1,335 out of 3,187. Before her are Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Abu Sa'īd al-Khūdrī, Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Regino of Prüm, Julius Darmaatmadja, and Accursius. After her are Hieronymus von Colloredo, Neferneferuaten, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Nusaybah bint Ka'ab, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, and Samuel Ajayi Crowther.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Edith Cavell ranks 53. Before her are Rüdiger von der Goltz, Rainis, Rafael Merry del Val, Sabino Arana, Princess Marie of Orléans, and Abraham Isaac Kook. After her are Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, Friedrich Paschen, Lucjan Żeligowski, Jovan Cvijić, Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, and Charles Bally. Among people deceased in 1915, Edith Cavell ranks 30. Before her are Saitō Hajime, Nadežda Petrović, Remy de Gourmont, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Adèle Hugo, and Konstantin Makovsky. After her are Julius von Payer, François Faber, Oswald Külpe, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Anna Leonowens, and Theodor Leschetizky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edith Cavell ranks 1,537 out of 8,785. Before her are George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), Jeremy Clarkson (1960), Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), R. G. Collingwood (1889), Robert Harris (1957), and Sydney Chaplin (1885). After her are Sid Watkins (1928), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Albert Hammond (1944), Constantine II of Scotland (801), Tom Pryce (1949), and Frederic W. H. Myers (1843).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Edith Cavell ranks 36. Before her are John Smyth (1570), Rafael Merry del Val (1865), Saint David (512), William Booth (1829), Stephen Harding (1059), and Gildas (500). After her are Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Simon Stock (1164), Annie Chapman (1841), Reginald Pole (1500), Elizabeth Blount (1500), and Hudson Taylor (1832).

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