#1Writing & Arts
Robert Smythe Hichens
1864–1950English journalist, novelist and short story writer (1864–1950)
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Famous people · Speldhurst, Kent
A single famous person was born in Speldhurst: Robert Smythe Hichens
Robert Smythe Hichens was born in 1864. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 12 languages. Of its neighbours, Royal Tunbridge Wells, 2 mi away, lists the most: 119, Emma Corrin first.
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Robert Smythe Hichens
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1864
Robert Smythe Hichens
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
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Born in Speldhurst
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Royal Tunbridge Wells’, at 119 names.
Royal Tunbridge Wells · 2 miEmma Corrin & 118 more
Tonbridge · 4 miCecil Frank Powell & 52 more
Crowborough · 7 miE. E. Evans-Pritchard & 16 more
Southborough · 2 miKenneth Hutchings & 7 more
Rusthall and Langton Green · 1 miEmma Louisa Turner & 2 moreCFHadlow · 7 miColin Fairservice & 2 moreTTGroombridge · 3 miThomas Turner & 1 moreIILeigh · 3 miIsaac IngramQuestions about famous people from Speldhurst
Who is the most famous person from Speldhurst?
Robert Smythe Hichens (English journalist, novelist and short story writer (1864–1950)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages.
How many famous people were born in Speldhurst?
1 people born in Speldhurst have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Speldhurst known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Speldhurst?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Speldhurst’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)
- Robert Smythe Hichens: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Corrin: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil Frank Powell: Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. E. Evans-Pritchard: Brigade Piron, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Hutchings: George Beldam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Louisa Turner: unknown, image taken in the 1890s, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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