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Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Essex
Bryant Kirkland, born in 1914, is Essex’s famous person on record
In 1914, the minister of Presbyterian Church USA Bryant Kirkland was born. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Readers can find them written up in one language. Of the bordering towns, Lyme has the longest list: 26, with Morrison Waite at the top.
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Bryant Kirkland
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1914
Bryant Kirkland
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The neighbour with the most names is Lyme, at 26.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Essex and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (3)
- Morrison Waite: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gretchen Mol: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexis Sablone: US Department of Defence, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons