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Lydia Becker

1827 - 1890

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Lydia Ernestine Becker (24 February 1827 – 18 July 1890) was a leader in the early British suffrage movement, as well as an amateur scientist with interests in biology and astronomy. She established Manchester as a centre for the suffrage movement and with Richard Pankhurst she arranged for the first woman to vote in a British election and a court case was unsuccessfully brought to exploit the precedent. Becker is also remembered for founding and publishing the Women's Suffrage Journal between 1870 and 1890. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lydia Becker is the 4,171st most popular writer (up from 4,583rd in 2019), the 3,308th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,289th in 2019) and the 362nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Lydia Becker ranks 4,171 out of 7,302. Before her are Amado Nervo, Anna Brigadere, Amir Hamzah, Ömer Seyfettin, Francesco Mario Pagano, and Abbās al-Aqqād. After her are Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Gyula Illyés, James Allen, John Gower, Sara Lidman, and Žemaitė.

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Among people born in 1827, Lydia Becker ranks 58. Before her are Petko Slaveykov, Nikolay Beketov, Barbara Bodichon, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, and Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov. After her are Ramón Emeterio Betances, Charles John Andersson, William Dwight Whitney, José Manuel Marroquín, Lev Lagorio, and Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque. Among people deceased in 1890, Lydia Becker ranks 51. Before her are Marianne North, Pyotr Chikhachyov, Johann Georg Halske, James Nasmyth, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, and Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina. After her are Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen, Prince Karl of Auersperg, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Franz Delitzsch, Otto August Rosenberger, and Johanne Luise Heiberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lydia Becker ranks 3,309 out of 8,785. Before her are Brian Blessed (1936), Robin Cook (1946), Eddie Owen (1886), Leonard Whiting (1950), John Anderson (1833), and Billy Meredith (1874). After her are Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609), James Allen (1864), Matthew Hopkins (1620), John Gower (1330), Warren Clarke (1947), and Eliza Acton (1799).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Lydia Becker ranks 362. Before her are Edwin Atherstone (1788), Mary Renault (1905), Eric Frank Russell (1905), Pippa Middleton (1983), Sue Townsend (1946), and William Thoms (1803). After her are James Allen (1864), John Gower (1330), Eliza Acton (1799), Walter Map (1140), Christopher Priest (1943), and William Davenant (1606).

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