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Charles De Coster

1827 - 1879

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Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster (20 August 1827 – 7 May 1879) was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for a native Belgian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles De Coster has received more than 110,250 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Charles De Coster is the 1,030th most popular writer (up from 1,144th in 2019), the 1,021st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,147th in 2019) and the 65th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles De Coster ranks 1,030 out of 7,302. Before him are Persius, Hrotsvitha, Marguerite Porete, Benito Pérez Galdós, Jean-Claude Carrière, and P. D. James. After him are B. H. Liddell Hart, Johanna Schopenhauer, Marshall Rosenberg, Sam Shepard, Ľudovít Štúr, and Hassan ibn Thabit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Charles De Coster ranks 12. Before him are Joseph Lister, Heonjong of Joseon, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, Marcellin Berthelot, and William Holman Hunt. After him are Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Mangal Pandey, Jyotirao Phule, John Hanning Speke, and Oswald Achenbach. Among people deceased in 1879, Charles De Coster ranks 12. Before him are Adolf Anderssen, Albrecht von Roon, Gottfried Semper, Thomas Couture, Julia Margaret Cameron, and August Grisebach. After him are Jón Sigurðsson, Maria Teresa of Savoy, Sher Ali Khan, August Bournonville, Camille Doncieux, and Heinrich Geißler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Charles De Coster ranks 1,021 out of 7,253. Before him are Emil Jellinek (1853), Hennig Brand (1630), Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597), Gert Fröbe (1913), Hrotsvitha (935), and Walter Röhrl (1947). After him are Christian Wirth (1885), Karl Bühler (1879), Franz Rosenzweig (1886), Günther Lütjens (1889), Beate Klarsfeld (1939), and Erwin Neher (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Charles De Coster ranks 65. Before him are Hans Sachs (1494), Kurt Eisner (1867), Tannhäuser (1205), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), and Hrotsvitha (935). After him are Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Ernst Barlach (1870), Georg Kaiser (1878), Alfred Brehm (1829), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), and Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426).

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