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Matthew Webb

1848 - 1883

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Captain Matthew Webb (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1883) was an English seaman, swimmer and stuntman who became the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. Webb increased the popularity of swimming in England. Born in Dawley, Shropshire, Webb developed his swimming skills as a child while playing in the River Severn. At twelve, he began his career in the Merchant Navy after training at HMS Conway. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthew Webb is the 2,940th most popular religious figure (down from 2,884th in 2019), the 4,692nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,565th in 2019) and the 110th most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Matthew Webb ranks 2,940 out of 3,187. Before him are Rudolf Kittel, Egidio Miragoli, Tammy Faye Messner, Ini, Jim Elliot, and Johannes Joachim Degenhardt. After him are C. I. Scofield, John Cody, Ignacio Velasco, Arnulf of Chocques, Solomon Schechter, and Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz.

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Among people born in 1848, Matthew Webb ranks 109. Before him are Helen Allingham, Bernard Bosanquet, George Romanes, Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde, Amos Burn, and Eliodoro Villazón. After him are Diederik Korteweg, Surendranath Banerjee, Joel Chandler Harris, Albert Parsons, W. G. Grace, and James Whitbread Lee Glaisher. Among people deceased in 1883, Matthew Webb ranks 68. Before him are Sven Nilsson, Alexandros Koumoundouros, Victor Puiseux, Philipp Christoph Zeller, General Tom Thumb, and Jeremiah S. Black. After him are William Spottiswoode, John Lawrence LeConte, Lot M. Morrill, and Henry John Stephen Smith.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Webb ranks 4,693 out of 8,785. Before him are John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735), Yasmin Le Bon (1964), Rebecca Hall (1982), Barry Foster (1931), Ray Park (1974), and William Adam (1689). After him are Gordon Thomas (1921), David O'Leary (1958), Patricia Bredin (1935), Linus Roache (1964), Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854), and Roy Kinnear (1934).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Matthew Webb ranks 110. Before him are Swithun (800), Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932), David Beaton (1494), Catherine Booth (1829), Deusdedit of Canterbury (600), and Basil Hume (1923). After him are John Ogilvie (1579), Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864), Æthelwold of Winchester (900), William Morgan (1547), J. I. Packer (1926), and F. F. Bruce (1910).

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