WRITER

Branwell Brontë

1817 - 1848

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Patrick Branwell Brontë (, commonly ; 26 June 1817 – 24 September 1848) was an English painter and writer. He was the only son of the Brontë family, and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. Brontë was rigorously tutored at home by his father, and earned praise for his poetry and translations from the classics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Branwell Brontë has received more than 1,235,772 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Branwell Brontë is the 1,689th most popular writer (up from 3,102nd in 2019), the 1,291st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,309th in 2019) and the 148th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A complete transcript of the Leyland manuscripts
Authors, English, Correspondence, English Authors
1969
The hand of the arch-sinner
Fiction, Angria (Imaginary place)
1993
Brontëana
1898
Brother in the shadow
1988
Poems
1983
Cottage Poems
2006

Page views of Branwell Brontë by language

Over the past year Branwell Brontë has had the most page views in the with 157,686 views, followed by German (15,906), and Russian (13,659). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (352.61%), Polish (103.97%), and Basque (87.21%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Branwell Brontë ranks 1,689 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Jacques Ampère, François Pierre La Varenne, Eliza Orzeszkowa, James Clavell, Anna Leonowens, and Eustathius of Thessalonica. After him are Hannah Szenes, R. L. Stine, Arseny Tarkovsky, Marcel Schwob, Margherita Sarfatti, and Oswald von Wolkenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Branwell Brontë ranks 22. Before him are Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Theodor Storm, Austen Henry Layard, Hermann Lotze, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, and Albert von Kölliker. After him are Táhirih, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Antonio de Torres Jurado, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, and János Arany. Among people deceased in 1848, Branwell Brontë ranks 21. Before him are Khachatur Abovian, Thomas Cole, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Joseph Mohr, and James Dunlop. After him are Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, John Jacob Astor, Horace Wells, and Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Branwell Brontë ranks 1,291 out of 8,785. Before him are John Horton Conway (1937), Clive Owen (1964), Martin Frobisher (1535), Julian Glover (1935), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), and Albert Hammond (1944). After him are David Prowse (1935), Kate Beckinsale (1973), Marina Berti (1924), Michael Ventris (1922), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Branwell Brontë ranks 148. Before him are A. S. Byatt (1936), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Joseph Needham (1900), Walafrid Strabo (808), Edward Lear (1812), and Barbara Cartland (1901). After him are Lucinda Riley (1965), Arthur Machen (1863), Anne Perry (1938), Ted Hughes (1930), Malcolm Lowry (1909), and Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838).

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