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Eglantyne Jebb

1876 - 1928

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Eglantyne Jebb (25 August 1876 – 17 December 1928) was a British social reformer who founded the Save the Children organisation at the end of World War I to relieve the effects of famine in Austria-Hungary and Germany. She drafted the document that became the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eglantyne Jebb is the 277th most popular social activist (down from 248th in 2019), the 2,035th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,555th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Eglantyne Jebb ranks 277 out of 840. Before her are Guillaume Cale, Unity Mitford, Diana Budisavljević, Carlo Cafiero, Udham Singh, and David Frankfurter. After her are Wat Tyler, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Itagaki Taisuke, Serge Klarsfeld, Sultan al-Atrash, and Ryszard Siwiec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Eglantyne Jebb ranks 88. Before her are Vladimir Nazor, Ignaz Seipel, Claude Farrère, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Agustín Pedro Justo, and Gertrud von Le Fort. After her are Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Lev Berg, Sibilla Aleramo, Georg Hilmar, Thomas Hicks, and Francesc Cambó. Among people deceased in 1928, Eglantyne Jebb ranks 47. Before her are Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Otto Nordenskjöld, Léon Duguit, Hermann Sudermann, Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, and Roman Steinberg. After her are Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Narayana Guru, Medardo Rosso, Hannah Chaplin, Karl Röderer, and Adolphe Appia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eglantyne Jebb ranks 2,035 out of 8,785. Before her are John Taverner (1490), Alkmund of Derby (800), John Hannah (1962), Mary Ward (1585), Anthony Collins (1676), and Anthony Quayle (1913). After her are John Marston (1576), Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415), Ian Callaghan (1942), Edward Fortunatus (1565), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), and Wat Tyler (1341).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Eglantyne Jebb ranks 16. Before her are Max Mosley (1940), Emily Davison (1872), Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Kate Sheppard (1848), and Unity Mitford (1914). After her are Wat Tyler (1341), Mary Dyer (1611), Cassivellaunus (-100), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Allan Octavian Hume (1829), and Venetia Burney (1918).

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