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Joseph Edkins
1823–1905British missionary and linguist (1823–1905)
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Famous people · Nailsworth, Gloucestershire
Nailsworth counts 2 famous people, first among them Joseph Edkins
Articles in 12 languages make the British missionary and linguist Joseph Edkins the best known. The other is James Norton Smith, the tasmanian politician. Martin Evans heads the list in Stroud, 3 mi away, which has 55 names. Born in 1823, Joseph Edkins is the first name on record, and James Norton Smith, born in 1846, the most recent.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Joseph Edkins
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1823
Joseph Edkins
Youngest
1846
James Norton Smith
Most common field
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1 people
The best known
Born in Nailsworth
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Known for
What Nailsworth is known for
Share of Nailsworth’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Stroud: 55.
Stroud · 3 miMartin Evans & 54 more
Tetbury · 5 miMark Phillips & 10 moreDBDursley · 5 miDave Bruton & 8 more
Minchinhampton · 2 miJoanna Trollope & 3 more
Stonehouse · 4 miCharles Wilkins & 3 more
Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley · 3 miSir Charles Murray Marling
Chalford · 4 miJohn Thomas
Eastington · 5 miCharles CowleyQuestions about famous people from Nailsworth
Who is the most famous person from Nailsworth?
Joseph Edkins (British missionary and linguist (1823–1905)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages. Next come James Norton Smith.
How many famous people were born in Nailsworth?
2 people born in Nailsworth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Nailsworth known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Nailsworth?
Joseph Edkins, born in 1823. The youngest on the list was born in 1846.
Who counts as from Nailsworth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Nailsworth’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 (8)
- Joseph Edkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Evans: Cardiff University, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Phillips: Antonisse, Marcel / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanna Trollope: Dreamspy at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Wilkins: Daniel Rees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Charles Murray Marling: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Thomas: Unknown authorUnknown author The author has signed the engraving, but the name is illegible, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Cowley: Charles Cowley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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