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Mathew Brady

1822 - 1896

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Mathew B. Brady (c. 1822–1824 – January 15, 1896) was an American photographer. Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the American Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Brady opened his own studio in New York City in 1844, and went on to photograph U.S. presidents John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Millard Fillmore, Martin Van Buren, and other public figures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mathew Brady is the 389th most popular social activist (up from 407th in 2019), the 5,268th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,956th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mathew Brady ranks 389 out of 840. Before him are Anatoly Marchenko, Gaius Hostilius Mancinus, Dimitrana Ivanova, Marianne Hainisch, Dorothy Day, and Ryu Gwansun. After him are Jayaprakash Narayan, Ela Bhatt, Hamida Javanshir, Sergei Kovalev, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, and Sophie Liebknecht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Mathew Brady ranks 54. Before him are Korla Awgust Kocor, August Heinrich Petermann, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Jakob Dubs, Luis Sáenz Peña, and Victor Massé. After him are Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles Frédéric Girard, Gustav Spörer, John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, Bernhard Hammer, and Carlo Alfredo Piatti. Among people deceased in 1896, Mathew Brady ranks 60. Before him are Charilaos Trikoupis, Ferdinand von Mueller, Walthère Frère-Orban, Carl Humann, William Robert Grove, and Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Amelia Dyer, Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Alexey Bogolyubov, Mårten Eskil Winge, Maria Wodzińska, and Johannes Müller Argoviensis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mathew Brady ranks 5,268 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Blum (1950), Rob Zombie (1965), Blanche Stuart Scott (1884), John Scofield (1951), Gladys Knight (1944), and Jim Varney (1949). After him are Carmine Appice (1946), Kourtney Kardashian (1979), Howard Pyle (1853), Jeanne Crain (1925), Joe Hahn (1977), and Robert Byrne (1928).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Mathew Brady ranks 47. Before him are Clara Barton (1821), Russell Means (1939), Abbie Hoffman (1936), Samantha Smith (1972), Leonard Peltier (1944), and Dorothy Day (1897). After him are Sumner Paine (1868), Black Elk (1863), Marsha P. Johnson (1945), Alice Paul (1885), Lester R. Brown (1934), and Grace Sherwood (1660).

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