Person Explorer

Explore and compare up to ten individuals across the full record
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Overview

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Mentions Over Time

Annual mention counts with rolling averages (top). Share of all annual person mentions (bottom).

Annual mention counts with 5-year rolling average.
Share of all annual person mentions. Selected persons shown with colour-coded lines.
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Relation to Text

How each person is referenced across their mentions (left). Proportion of appearances as the article subject over time (right).

Stacked count of relation types per person.
Rolling share of mentions where relation = "subject".
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Roles & Professions

Top recorded roles for each selected person, proportional to their total mentions.

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Associated Organisations

Organisations most frequently linked to each person across their records.

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Gender Context

The grey dashed line shows the overall female share of all person mentions per year. Coloured lines show each selected person's individual share of all mentions.

Female share of all person mentions (dashed) vs each selected person's share of all mentions (coloured).
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Article Context

Articles in which each person appears most frequently (left). Depicted vs not depicted (right).

Top articles by mention count

Depicted in images vs not depicted.
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Frequently Co-mentioned

Other persons appearing in the same source files as each selected person, ranked by co-occurrence count.

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First Appearances Per Year

How many new persons enter the record each year, with cumulative total. Vertical markers show first appearance of each selected person.

Bars = new persons per year. Line = cumulative total (right axis). Coloured vertical markers = first appearance of each selected person.