Writer

William Bell Scott

British artist

1811 - 1890

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William Bell Scott

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). William Bell Scott is the 6,182nd most popular writer (down from 5,978th in 2024), the 5,201st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,815th in 2019) and the 569th most popular British Writer.

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Sep 12

William Bell Scott shares a September 12 birthday with Francis I of France, Irène Joliot-Curie, and Dmitri Shostakovich.

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Among Writers

Among writers, William Bell Scott ranks 6,182 out of 7,302. Before him are John Betjeman, Dorothy E. Smith, Federico Moccia, Frank Schätzing, Ernest Lehman, and Ğäliäsğar Kamal. After him are Paul Arène, Michael Lewis, Albert Kivikas, David Mitchell, Paul Scott, and Jean Dutourd.

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John Betjeman
1906 - 1984
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 6,176
Dorothy E. Smith
1926 - 2022
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 6,177
Federico Moccia
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 6,178
Frank Schätzing
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 6,179
Ernest Lehman
1915 - 2005
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 6,180
Ğäliäsğar Kamal
1879 - 1933
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 6,181
William Bell Scott
1811 - 1890
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 6,182
Paul Arène
1843 - 1896
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 6,183
Michael Lewis
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 6,184
Albert Kivikas
1898 - 1978
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 6,185
David Mitchell
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 6,186
Paul Scott
1920 - 1978
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 6,187
Jean Dutourd
1920 - 2011
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 6,188

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, William Bell Scott ranks 76. Before him are Alfred Domett, Charles Sumner, Juan Bautista Ceballos, Francisco Javier Zaldúa, George Caleb Bingham, and Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona. After him are Thomas C. Jerdon, William Henry Harvey, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, John Kilian, John Bright, and Wendell Phillips. Among people deceased in 1890, William Bell Scott ranks 71. Before him are John Francis Davis, Catherine Booth, Émile Léonard Mathieu, Carl Jacob Löwig, Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, and Philip Francis Thomas. After him is Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala.

Others Born in 1811

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Alfred Domett
WRITER
1811 - 1887
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 70
Charles Sumner
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1874
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 71
Juan Bautista Ceballos
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1859
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 72
Francisco Javier Zaldúa
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1882
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 73
George Caleb Bingham
PAINTER
1811 - 1879
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 74
Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1871
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 75
William Bell Scott
WRITER
1811 - 1890
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 76
Thomas C. Jerdon
PHYSICIAN
1811 - 1872
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 77
William Henry Harvey
BIOLOGIST
1811 - 1866
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 78
John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1879
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 79
John Kilian
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1811 - 1884
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 80
John Bright
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1889
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 81
Wendell Phillips
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1811 - 1884
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 82

Others Deceased in 1890

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John Francis Davis
POLITICIAN
1795 - 1890
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 65
Catherine Booth
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1829 - 1890
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 66
Émile Léonard Mathieu
MATHEMATICIAN
1835 - 1890
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 67
Carl Jacob Löwig
CHEMIST
1803 - 1890
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 68
Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1890
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 69
Philip Francis Thomas
POLITICIAN
1810 - 1890
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 70
William Bell Scott
WRITER
1811 - 1890
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 71
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1810 - 1890
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 72