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Emily Davison

1872 - 1913

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Emily Wilding Davison (11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913) was an English suffragette who fought for votes for women in Britain in the early twentieth century. A member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and a militant fighter for her cause, she was arrested on nine occasions, went on hunger strike seven times and was force-fed on forty-nine occasions. She died after being hit by King George V's horse Anmer at the 1913 Derby when she walked onto the track during the race. Davison grew up in a middle-class family, and studied at Royal Holloway College, London, and St Hugh's College, Oxford, before taking jobs as a teacher and governess. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emily Davison is the 208th most popular social activist (down from 141st in 2019), the 1,487th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 878th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Social Activist.

Emily Davison was a suffragette who died after throwing herself in front of the king's horse during the Epsom Derby in 1913.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Emily Davison ranks 208 out of 840. Before her are Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Aliya Moldagulova, Hrant Dink, David Sassoon, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, and Mangal Pandey. After her are Guru Ram Das, Viktors Arājs, Jacques Roux, Nayirah testimony, Moses Montefiore, and Chen Sheng.

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Among people born in 1872, Emily Davison ranks 58. Before her are Henry Tingle Wilde, Princess Margaret of Prussia, Vladimir Arsenyev, Arthur Blake, Théophile de Donder, and Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria. After her are Sidónio Pais, Anton Korošec, Albert Sarraut, Willem de Sitter, Solomiya Krushelnytska, and Kijūrō Shidehara. Among people deceased in 1913, Emily Davison ranks 27. Before her are Alfred Redl, Katsura Tarō, Mariano Rampolla, Louis Paul Cailletet, Gustaf de Laval, and Empress Dowager Longyu. After her are David Popper, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Infanta Antónia of Portugal, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Song Jiaoren, and Henry Flagler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Emily Davison ranks 1,487 out of 8,785. Before her are Malcolm Lowry (1909), Charles Rolls (1877), Victor Turner (1920), Desmond Morris (1928), Edward Fox (1937), and Marc Bolan (1947). After her are Charles Bennett (1870), Tom Scott (1984), Cicely Saunders (1918), Henry Pelham (1694), Gareth Bale (1989), and Patrick Head (1946).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Emily Davison ranks 11. Before her are Lady Godiva (990), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), Mairead Maguire (1944), Thomas Cranmer (1489), Annie Besant (1847), and Max Mosley (1940). After her are Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Kate Sheppard (1848), Unity Mitford (1914), Eglantyne Jebb (1876), and Wat Tyler (1341).

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