WRITER

Arthur Machen

1863 - 1947

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Arthur Machen ( or ; 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Machen has received more than 670,848 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Arthur Machen is the 1,732nd most popular writer (down from 1,719th in 2019), the 1,320th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,355th in 2019) and the 150th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The secret glory
1922
The Great God Pan
Authors, English Horror tales, Fiction
1895
The hill of dreams
Accessible book
1907
The Terror
1917
The three impostors
1895
Hieroglyphics
Criticism, Literature, History and criticism
1912

Page views of Arthur Machens by language

Over the past year Arthur Machen has had the most page views in the with 83,783 views, followed by Spanish (14,970), and French (8,061). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (125.95%), Dutch (85.35%), and French (64.98%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arthur Machen ranks 1,732 out of 7,302. Before him are Hans F. K. Günther, Ken Wilber, Sabino Arana, Alexander Grin, Håkan Nesser, and Michael Madhusudan Dutt. After him are Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Augusto Roa Bastos, Robert de Boron, Stanisław Wyspiański, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, and William Carlos Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Arthur Machen ranks 54. Before him are Ludwig Borchardt, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Alexander Siloti, Manuel Gomes da Costa, Hermann Bahr, and Hugo Haase. After him are W. I. Thomas, Paul Drude, Qasim Amin, Princess Isabella of Bavaria, S. Ansky, and Fyodor Sologub. Among people deceased in 1947, Arthur Machen ranks 69. Before him are Charles Bally, Hugh Lofting, Archduchess Louise of Austria, William C. Durant, Osami Nagano, and Alice Keppel. After him are W. I. Thomas, Ludwig Fischer, Paul P. Harris, Helmuth von Pannwitz, Heinrich Schwarz, and William Moulton Marston.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Machen ranks 1,320 out of 8,785. Before him are C. Northcote Parkinson (1909), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870), Fletcher Christian (1764), Alice Keppel (1868), and Edward Bach (1886). After him are Adrian Smith (1957), Tom Simpson (1937), Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Anne Lister (1791), Tom Pryce (1949), and Josiah Wedgwood (1730).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Arthur Machen ranks 150. Before him are Joseph Needham (1900), Walafrid Strabo (808), Edward Lear (1812), Barbara Cartland (1901), Branwell Brontë (1817), and Lucinda Riley (1965). After him are Anne Perry (1938), Ted Hughes (1930), Malcolm Lowry (1909), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Brian Aldiss (1925), and Colin Wilson (1931).

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