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William Howard Russell

1820 - 1907

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Sir William Howard Russell, (28 March 1827 – 10 February 1907) was an Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents. He spent 22 months covering the Crimean War, including the Siege of Sevastopol and the Charge of the Light Brigade. He later covered events during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the American Civil War, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War. His dispatches from Crimea to The Times are regarded as the world's first war correspondence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Howard Russell is the 441st most popular social activist (down from 402nd in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, William Howard Russell ranks 441 out of 840. Before him are Parashqevi Qiriazi, Theodor Loos, Massoud Rajavi, Nat Turner, François-Jean de la Barre, and Nikolay Bauman. After him are Leona Vicario, Afeni Shakur, Bhikaiji Cama, Otto Warmbier, Anna Louise Strong, and Eugénie Cotton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, William Howard Russell ranks 62. Before him are Carolina Coronado, Sergey Solovyov, Anton Josef Gruscha, Elisha Kent Kane, Nikolay Girs, and Mariano Melgarejo. After him are Alexander Serov, Andrej Sládkovič, Gillis Bildt, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Jakob Stämpfli, and Juan Crisóstomo Falcón. Among people deceased in 1907, William Howard Russell ranks 76. Before him are Lucile Grahn, Ernst von Bergmann, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Edward Routh, Ottomar Anschütz, and Moritz Steinschneider. After him are Bernhard Hammer, Eva Nansen, Léon Serpollet, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, Désirée Artôt, and Jules de Trooz.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Howard Russell ranks 190 out of 549. Before him are Alan Cunningham (1887), Finn Bálor (1981), William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), Violet Gibson (1876), and Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848). After him are J. B. Bury (1861), Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie (1815), Markus Feehily (1980), William Thompson (1775), Tom Moore (1883), and Patrick Bergin (1951).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Ireland

Among social activists born in Ireland, William Howard Russell ranks 2. Before him are Mary Harris Jones (1837). After him are Wolfe Tone (1763), Eoin O'Duffy (1890), Robert Emmet (1778), and William Smith O'Brien (1803).

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