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Science & Medicine
Sydney Ewart Hollingworth
1899–1966British geologist (1899–1966)
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Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Flore, Northamptonshire
Flore, birthplace of the British geologist Sydney Ewart Hollingworth
In 1899, the British geologist Sydney Ewart Hollingworth was born. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Their story is told in 2 languages. Of its neighbours, Daventry, 5 mi away, lists the most: 13, William Westbrooke Burton first.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
Sydney Ewart Hollingworth
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
Sydney Ewart Hollingworth
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Flore
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Daventry’s, with 13.
Daventry · 5 miWilliam Westbrooke Burton & 12 more
Kislingbury · 3 miSurgeon & 2 moreMFLong Buckby · 5 miMarcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender & 2 moreHHBugbrooke · 3 miHarwood Harrison & 1 more
Weedon Bec · 1 miTom MacRaeWPPattishall and Astcote · 4 miWilliam PellJPGreens Norton · 7 miJohn PennBBBlisworth · 7 miBobby BarrQuestions about famous people from Flore
Who is the most famous person from Flore?
Sydney Ewart Hollingworth (British geologist (1899–1966)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Flore?
1 people born in Flore have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Flore 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 Flore?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Flore’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 (3)
- William Westbrooke Burton: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Surgeon: Ali Wade, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom MacRae: Lindsay Adams-Riley, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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