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Science & Medicine
Joseph Whittaker
1813–1894British botanist, collected in Australia in 1839-40
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Photo: mike smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Breadsall, Derbyshire
Joseph Whittaker, born in 1813, is Breadsall’s famous person on record
Joseph Whittaker came into the world in 1813. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. Readers can find them written up in 14 languages. The nearest list is in Derby, 3 mi away: 468 names, starting with Herbert Spencer.
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Joseph Whittaker
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1813
Joseph Whittaker
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Derby has the most people on record, 468 of them.
Derby · 3 miHerbert Spencer & 467 moreRLIlkeston · 6 miRobert Lindsay & 41 more
Belper · 5 miSuzy Kendall & 27 more
Holbrook · 4 miNigel Hitchin & 5 moreDSMakeney · 3 miDavid Skinner & 4 more
Denby Bottles · 4 miJohn Flamsteed & 2 more
Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse · 4 miGeorge Porter & 1 moreDBWest Hallam · 4 miDennis Booth & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Breadsall
Who is the most famous person from Breadsall?
Joseph Whittaker (British botanist, collected in Australia in 1839-40) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages.
How many famous people were born in Breadsall?
1 people born in Breadsall have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Breadsall known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Breadsall?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Breadsall’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Herbert Spencer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzy Kendall: Utente:Vabbè. Original uploader was Vabbè at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Hitchin: Renate Schmid, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- John Flamsteed: Thomas Gibson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Porter: Photo by E Hawkins of Brighton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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