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Gilbert Jessop

Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier (died 1955)

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Born
May 19, 1874
Died
May 11, 1955
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1874

About Gilbert Jessop

Gilbert Laird Jessop was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been one of the fastest run-scorers cricket has ever known. He was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898 and compiled the fastest century ever for England. A newspaper managed to keep a detailed record of his innings, which shows that Jessop reached his hundred off 76 balls – one of the fastest Test centuries of all time. He scored his first 50 runs in 43 minutes and reached his century in 75 minutes.

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The world when Gilbert Jessop was born

Gilbert Jessop was born in 1874. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineFirst zoo in US opens in Philadelphia
  • Technology milestoneBarbed wire patented
  • Notable inventionBarbed wire fencing
  • World population~1.54B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population41.8M

1874 versus 2026

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Measure18742026
Population41.8M341 million

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