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George Holyoake

1817 - 1906

George Holyoake

George Jacob Holyoake (13 April 1817 – 22 January 1906) was an English secularist, co-operator and newspaper editor. He coined the terms secularism in 1851 and "jingoism" in 1878. He edited a secularist paper, The Reasoner, from 1846 to June 1861, and a co-operative one, The English Leader, in 1864–1867. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Holyoake is the 5,777th most popular writer (up from 5,982nd in 2019), the 4,741st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,821st in 2019) and the 513th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, George Holyoake ranks 5,777 out of 7,302. Before him are Ivan Tavčar, Maria Polydouri, Alfredo Panzini, Dániel Berzsenyi, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Miguel Mihura. After him are Vítězslav Hálek, Sapardi Djoko Damono, Majit Gafuri, Luigi Galleani, Tim Powers, and Semyon Nadson.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Ivan Tavčar
1851 - 1923
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 5,771
Maria Polydouri
1902 - 1930
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 5,772
Alfredo Panzini
1863 - 1939
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 5,773
Dániel Berzsenyi
1776 - 1836
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 5,774
Elizabeth Gilbert
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 5,775
Miguel Mihura
1905 - 1977
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 5,776
George Holyoake
1817 - 1906
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 5,777
Vítězslav Hálek
1835 - 1874
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 5,778
Sapardi Djoko Damono
1940 - 2020
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 5,779
Majit Gafuri
1880 - 1934
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 5,780
Luigi Galleani
1861 - 1931
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 5,781
Tim Powers
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 5,782
Semyon Nadson
1862 - 1887
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 5,783

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, George Holyoake ranks 83. Before him are Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Richard S. Ewell, Alfred Francis Russell, Serafino Dubois, Manuel Robles Pezuela, and Palladius. After him are George Henry Lewes, Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, Lewis Armistead, LeRoy Pope Walker, and Benjamin Jowett. Among people deceased in 1906, George Holyoake ranks 75. Before him are Ferdinand von Saar, Aniceto Arce, Pedro Varela, Simon Gregorčič, José María de Pereda, and Walter Buller. After him are Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Oscar Levertin, John Schofield, Richard Seddon, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Eastman Johnson.

Others Born in 1817

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Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio
WRITER
1817 - 1901
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 77
Richard S. Ewell
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1817 - 1872
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 78
Alfred Francis Russell
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1884
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 79
Serafino Dubois
CHESS PLAYER
1817 - 1899
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 80
Manuel Robles Pezuela
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1862
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 81
Palladius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1817 - 1878
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 82
George Holyoake
WRITER
1817 - 1906
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 83
George Henry Lewes
PHILOSOPHER
1817 - 1878
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 84
Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin
WRITER
1817 - 1903
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 85
Lewis Armistead
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1817 - 1863
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 86
LeRoy Pope Walker
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1884
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 87
Benjamin Jowett
WRITER
1817 - 1893
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 88

Others Deceased in 1906

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Ferdinand von Saar
WRITER
1833 - 1906
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 69
Aniceto Arce
POLITICIAN
1824 - 1906
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 70
Pedro Varela
POLITICIAN
1837 - 1906
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 71
Simon Gregorčič
WRITER
1844 - 1906
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 72
José María de Pereda
WRITER
1833 - 1906
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 73
Walter Buller
BIOLOGIST
1838 - 1906
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 74
George Holyoake
WRITER
1817 - 1906
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 75
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
POLITICIAN
1814 - 1906
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 76
Oscar Levertin
WRITER
1862 - 1906
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 77
John Schofield
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1831 - 1906
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 78
Richard Seddon
POLITICIAN
1845 - 1906
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 79
Paul Laurence Dunbar
WRITER
1872 - 1906
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 80
Eastman Johnson
PAINTER
1824 - 1906
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 81