#1Writing & Arts
Mary Everest Boole
1832–1916Author of didactic works on mathematics (1832-1916)
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Famous people · Wickwar, Gloucestershire
2 famous people come from Wickwar, Mary Everest Boole the best known
At the top of the list is the author of didactic works on mathematics Mary Everest Boole, covered in 25 languages. The other is Jane Halton, the Australian public servant. Edward Jenner tops the 14 names on record in Berkeley, 7 mi away. Born in 1832, Mary Everest Boole is the first name on record, and Jane Halton, born in 1960, the most recent.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Mary Everest Boole
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1832
Mary Everest Boole
Youngest
1960
Jane Halton
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Wickwar
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Known for
What Wickwar is known for
Share of Wickwar’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Around it, Berkeley has the most people on record, 14 of them.
Berkeley · 7 miEdward Jenner & 13 moreRDThornbury · 5 miRichard William George Dennis & 12 more
Chipping Sodbury · 4 miSimon Blackburn & 10 moreDBDursley · 7 miDave Bruton & 8 more
Yate · 4 miJ. K. Rowling & 3 moreJSWotton-under-Edge · 4 miJamie Stephens & 2 more
Kingswood · 3 miLarissa Wilson & 1 more
Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne · 6 miHarry Grindell Matthews & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Wickwar
Who is the most famous person from Wickwar?
Mary Everest Boole (author of didactic works on mathematics (1832-1916)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 25 languages. Next come Jane Halton.
How many famous people were born in Wickwar?
2 people born in Wickwar have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Wickwar known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wickwar?
Mary Everest Boole, born in 1832. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.
Who counts as from Wickwar?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wickwar’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 (6)
- Mary Everest Boole: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Jenner: James Northcote, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Blackburn: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. K. Rowling: Daniel Ogren, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larissa Wilson: Erik Jensen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Grindell Matthews: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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