SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Grey Owl

1888 - 1938

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Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (September 18, 1888 – April 13, 1938), commonly known as Grey Owl, was an English-Canadian popular writer, public speaker and conservationist. Born an Englishman, in the latter years of his life he passed as half-Indian, claiming he was the son of a Scottish man and an Apache woman. With books, articles and public appearances promoting wilderness conservation, he achieved fame in the 1930s. Shortly after his death in 1938, his real identity as the Englishman Archie Belaney was exposed.: 210ff  He has been called one of the first pretendians. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grey Owl is the 586th most popular social activist (down from 518th in 2019), the 4,854th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,853rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Grey Owl ranks 586 out of 840. Before her are Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Megumi Yokota, Ella Baker, Eoin O'Duffy, Har Dayal, and Osman Kavala. After her are Lucy Salani, Asma Jahangir, Albert Parsons, Madan Lal Dhingra, Felix Nartey, and Ralph Abernathy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Grey Owl ranks 243. Before her are Robert Moses, Natalena Koroleva, Daniel Norling, Donduk Kuular, Alvah Meyer, and Alfred Braun. After her are Cathleen Nesbitt, Harold Hardwick, Osvald Moberg, Jacques de Lacretelle, Eduard Bass, and Karl Gustafsson. Among people deceased in 1938, Grey Owl ranks 206. Before her are Isaak Zelensky, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Karl Malmström, Johannes van Dijk, and Zitkala-Sa. After her are Warner Oland, Tom Crean, Alma Gluck, Mikuláš Galanda, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, and Arthur Barclay.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Grey Owl ranks 4,855 out of 8,785. Before her are George Henry Lewes (1817), Eddie Thomson (1947), Isaac Pitman (1813), William Mitchell Ramsay (1851), Michael Foot (1913), and Alan Hansen (1955). After her are John Eliot (1604), Barnes Wallis (1887), Bart McGhee (1899), Michelle Dockery (1981), Josh Bowman (1988), and Mark Haddon (1962).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Grey Owl ranks 38. Before her are Jack Sheppard (1702), Annie Kenney (1879), Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Emily Davies (1830), Thomas Clarkson (1760), and Emily Hobhouse (1860). After her are Octavia Hill (1838), James Larkin (1876), Ingrid Newkirk (1949), Charlotte Despard (1844), Harry Hay (1912), and Samuel Gompers (1850).

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