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Joseph Henry Blackburne

1841 - 1924

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Joseph Henry Blackburne (10 December 1841 – 1 September 1924) was a British chess player. Nicknamed "The Black Death", he dominated the British scene during the latter part of the 19th century. Blackburne learned the game at the relatively late age of 17 or 18, but he quickly became a strong player and went on to develop a professional chess career that spanned over 50 years. At one point he was one of the world's leading players, with a string of tournament victories behind him, and popularised chess by giving simultaneous and blindfold displays around the country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Henry Blackburne is the 64th most popular chess player (down from 49th in 2019), the 1,949th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,656th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 64 out of 461. Before him are Carl Schlechter, Géza Maróczy, Pedro Damiano, Salo Flohr, Mark Taimanov, and Legall de Kermeur. After him are Milan Vidmar, Svetozar Gligorić, Alessandro Salvio, Isidor Gunsberg, Magnus Carlsen, and Michael Adams.

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Among people born in 1841, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 39. Before him are Julius von Payer, Carl Tausig, Annie Chapman, Eugenius Warming, Otto von Gierke, and Prudente de Morais. After him are François-Alphonse Forel, Felip Pedrell, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Józef Brandt, Oreste Baratieri, and Luigi Luzzatti. Among people deceased in 1924, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 46. Before him are Roland Bonaparte, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Aleksa Šantić, Matsukata Masayoshi, Louis Delluc, and Eugenius Warming. After him are F. H. Bradley, Florence Harding, Dimitar Blagoev, Carl Anton Larsen, Eugène Simon, and Sergei Lyapunov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 1,949 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward FitzGerald (1809), Rick Astley (1966), William George Horner (1786), Bertram Ramsay (1883), Thomas Gray (1716), and John O. Westwood (1805). After him are James Herbert Brennan (1940), Dick Francis (1920), Patricia Hayes (1909), Alf Ramsey (1920), Paul Bettany (1971), and Thomas Tew (1649).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among chess players born in United Kingdom, Joseph Henry Blackburne ranks 5. Before him are Howard Staunton (1810), Alexander McDonnell (1798), Nigel Short (1965), and Henry Bird (1830). After him are Michael Adams (1971), Fred Yates (1884), Horatio Caro (1862), Amos Burn (1848), Jonathan Penrose (1933), John Owen (1827), and John Nunn (1955).

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