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Science & Medicine
Anne Walker
1863–1940British astronomer (1863–1940)
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Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Wickham Market, Suffolk
Wickham Market, birthplace of the British astronomer Anne Walker
Anne Walker, the British astronomer, was born in 1863. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Woodbridge, 5 mi away: 21, led by Frank Morley.
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Anne Walker
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1863
Anne Walker
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Woodbridge: 21.
Questions about famous people from Wickham Market
Who is the most famous person from Wickham Market?
Anne Walker (British astronomer (1863–1940)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Wickham Market?
1 people born in Wickham Market have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Wickham Market 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 Wickham Market?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wickham Market’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)
- Frank Morley: Alfred Hugh Fisher (1867-1945), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Bright: Thomas Dewell Scott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Eno: How We Get To Next, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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