1859 - 1936
Alfred Edward Housman (; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936) was an English classical scholar and poet. After an initially poor performance while at university, he took employment as a clerk in London and established his academic reputation by publishing as a private scholar at first. Later Housman was appointed Professor of Latin at University College London and then at the University of Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of A. E. Housman has received more than 825,856 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). A. E. Housman is the 4,415th most popular writer (down from 4,172nd in 2019), the 3,284th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,133rd in 2019) and the 376th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, A. E. Housman ranks 4,415 out of 5,755. Before him are Pierre Emmanuel, Julius Zeyer, Charlotte Casiraghi, János Pilinszky, Nancy Huston, and Suzanne Lilar. After him are Lalleshwari, Horatio Alger, Ferenc Karinthy, Richard Hoggart, Ingrid Jonker, and Ahlam Mosteghanemi.
1916 - 1984
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 4,409
1841 - 1901
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 4,410
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 4,411
1921 - 1981
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 4,412
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 4,413
1901 - 1992
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 4,414
1859 - 1936
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 4,415
1320 - 1392
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 4,416
1832 - 1899
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 4,417
1921 - 1992
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 4,418
1918 - 2014
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 4,419
1933 - 1965
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 4,420
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 4,421
Among people born in 1859, A. E. Housman ranks 100. Before him are Anna Palm de Rosa, Édouard-Alfred Martel, Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, Teodor Axentowicz, Georgios Orphanidis, and George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.. After him are Nikolay Kasatkin, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Virginie Demont-Breton, Stefan Toshev, Ernst Hartert, and Teodor Teodorov. Among people deceased in 1936, A. E. Housman ranks 134. Before him are Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, Oscar von Sydow, Niels Neergaard, Panagis Tsaldaris, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, and Alexander Karpinsky. After him are Jaafar Al-Askari, Fulgence Bienvenüe, Billy Mitchell, Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, and Domenico Mezzadri.
1859 - 1924
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 94
1859 - 1938
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 95
1859 - 1936
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 96
1859 - 1938
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 97
1859 - 1942
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 98
1859 - 1896
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 99
1859 - 1936
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 100
1859 - 1930
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 101
1859 - 1934
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 102
1859 - 1935
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 103
1859 - 1924
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 104
1859 - 1933
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 105
1859 - 1924
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 106
1859 - 1936
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 128
1873 - 1936
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 129
1854 - 1936
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 130
1868 - 1936
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 131
1856 - 1936
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 132
1846 - 1936
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 133
1859 - 1936
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 134
1885 - 1936
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 135
1852 - 1936
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 136
1879 - 1936
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 137
1851 - 1936
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 138
1873 - 1936
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 139
1867 - 1936
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 140
Among people born in United Kingdom, A. E. Housman ranks 3,284 out of 7,765. Before him are Dorothy Garrod (1892), Dave Davies (1947), Gayatri Devi (1919), Brian Ferneyhough (1943), Michelle Dockery (1981), and John Gardner Wilkinson (1797). After him are Tony Kaye (1945), Richard Hoggart (1918), William Primrose (1904), Deusdedit of Canterbury (600), Tim McInnerny (1956), and Terry Venables (1943).
1892 - 1968
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 3,278
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 3,279
1919 - 2009
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 3,280
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 3,281
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 3,282
1797 - 1875
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 3,283
1859 - 1936
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 3,284
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 3,285
1918 - 2014
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 3,286
1904 - 1982
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 3,287
600 - 664
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 3,288
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 3,289
1943 - 2023
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 3,290
Among writers born in United Kingdom, A. E. Housman ranks 376. Before him are Isaac Watts (1674), Walter Savage Landor (1775), Edwin Atherstone (1788), Anne Bradstreet (1612), Jackie Collins (1937), and Joan Aiken (1924). After him are Richard Hoggart (1918), Sax Rohmer (1883), Christopher Priest (1943), Edward William Lane (1801), George Chapman (1559), and Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835).
1674 - 1748
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 370
1775 - 1864
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 371
1788 - 1872
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 372
1612 - 1672
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 373
1937 - 2015
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 374
1924 - 2004
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 375
1859 - 1936
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 376
1918 - 2014
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 377
1883 - 1959
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 378
1943 - 2024
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 379
1801 - 1876
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 380
1559 - 1634
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 381
1835 - 1915
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 382