SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Octavia Hill

1838 - 1912

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Octavia Hill (3 December 1838 – 13 August 1912) was an English social reformer and founder of the National Trust. Her main concern was the welfare of the inhabitants of cities, especially London, in the second half of the nineteenth century. Born into a family of radical thinkers and reformers with a strong commitment to alleviating poverty, she herself grew up in straitened circumstances owing to the financial failure of her father's businesses. Home educated by her mother, she worked from the age of 14 for the welfare of working people. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Octavia Hill is the 628th most popular social activist (down from 553rd in 2024), the 5,359th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,247th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Octavia Hill ranks 628 out of 840. Before her are James Meredith, Razan Zaitouneh, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, Albertina Sisulu, Lepa Mladjenovic, and Aaron Swartz. After her are James Larkin, Maria Kalesnikava, Norma McCorvey, Angelina Grimké, Jake Angeli, and Sumaira Abdulali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Octavia Hill ranks 103. Before her are Stefanos Skouloudis, Margaret E. Knight, Walter Buller, General Tom Thumb, Henry Hobson Richardson, and Joseph F. Smith. After her is John Wanamaker. Among people deceased in 1912, Octavia Hill ranks 132. Before her are Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Björn Jónsson, Edgar Evans, Edward Wilmot Blyden, and Albino Jara. After her are Henry Robertson Bowers, and William Forsell Kirby.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Octavia Hill ranks 5,361 out of 8,785. Before her are Frederick Humphreys (1878), Piers Anthony (1934), Howard Jacobson (1942), Sean Dyche (1971), Emilia Fox (1974), and Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951). After her are Benjamin Mountfort (1825), Mia Goth (1993), James Larkin (1876), Tommy Gemmell (1943), Caroline Norton (1808), and John George Children (1777).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Octavia Hill ranks 39. Before her are Annie Kenney (1879), Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Emily Davies (1830), Thomas Clarkson (1760), Emily Hobhouse (1860), and Grey Owl (1888). After her are James Larkin (1876), Ingrid Newkirk (1949), Charlotte Despard (1844), Harry Hay (1912), Samuel Gompers (1850), and Flora Drummond (1878).

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