SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Emily Hobhouse

1860 - 1926

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Emily Hobhouse (9 April 1860 – 8 June 1926) was a British welfare campaigner, anti-war activist, and pacifist. She is primarily remembered for bringing to the attention of the British public, and working to change, the deprived conditions inside the British concentration camps in South Africa built to incarcerate Boer and African civilians during the Second Boer War. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emily Hobhouse is the 579th most popular social activist (down from 565th in 2019), the 4,749th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,501st in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Emily Hobhouse ranks 579 out of 840. Before her are Lizzie Velásquez, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, Irene Fernandez, Thomas Clarkson, and Stan Swamy. After her are Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Megumi Yokota, Ella Baker, Eoin O'Duffy, Har Dayal, and Osman Kavala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Emily Hobhouse ranks 133. Before her are Robert Bacon, Ali Rıza Pasha, Antônio Parreiras, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, Otto Liebe, and Gabriele Possanner. After her are Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, Frederick Rolfe, Daniel Barringer, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Kate Bruce, and Susanna M. Salter. Among people deceased in 1926, Emily Hobhouse ranks 115. Before her are José María Orellana, Anatole Le Braz, Antonius van den Broek, Albert Corey, Zofka Kveder, and Charles Montagu Doughty. After her are Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Sidney Lee, Patrick Leahy, Annie Speirs, Charles Marion Russell, and Wesley Coe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Emily Hobhouse ranks 4,750 out of 8,785. Before her are Des Browne (1952), Celia Johnson (1908), Tommy Docherty (1928), John Martyn (1948), Frederic Moore (1830), and Ove Arup (1895). After her are Jimmy Dickinson (1925), Simon Baron-Cohen (1958), Grahame Clark (1907), Paul McGuigan (1963), Simon West (1961), and David Prain (1857).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Emily Hobhouse ranks 37. Before her are Mary Toft (1703), Jack Sheppard (1702), Annie Kenney (1879), Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Emily Davies (1830), and Thomas Clarkson (1760). After her are Grey Owl (1888), Octavia Hill (1838), James Larkin (1876), Ingrid Newkirk (1949), Charlotte Despard (1844), and Harry Hay (1912).

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