WRITER

Charles Kingsley

1819 - 1875

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Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Kingsley has received more than 570,842 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Charles Kingsley is the 2,946th most popular writer (up from 3,101st in 2019), the 2,158th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,307th in 2019) and the 243rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The water-babies
Chimney sweeps, Open Library Staff Picks, Fiction in English
The story follows Tom in his land-life as a climbing boy for a chimney-sweep and in his after-life as a water-baby, where he gains redemption from selfishness as well as from drudgery. On to his fantasy Kingsley grafts a series of digressions and comic asides, through which he comments on a range of contemporary issues.
1863
Alton Locke
Fiction, Poets, Tailors
1850
Two Years Ago
Accessible book
1857
The heroes
Greek Mythology, Juvenile literature, Classical Mythology
1855
Yeast
1851
Westward ho!
Accessible book, Fiction, Great Britain
1855

Page views of Charles Kingsleys by language

Over the past year Charles Kingsley has had the most page views in the with 67,862 views, followed by Russian (4,372), and Spanish (4,208). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (80.08%), Esperanto (68.18%), and Serbo-Croatian (53.03%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles Kingsley ranks 2,946 out of 7,302. Before him are Suzanne Curchod, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Jean-Sifrein Maury, Vince Gilligan, Michael Ondaatje, and Alberic of Trois-Fontaines. After him are Thomas Otway, Gerard Reve, Alfred Andersch, Isabella di Morra, Hervé Bazin, and Paul Gallico.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Charles Kingsley ranks 58. Before him are Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Thomas A. Hendricks, William A. Wheeler, Vatroslav Lisinski, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, and Panteleimon Kulish. After him are Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Edwin Drake, Pieter Bleeker, Butrus al-Bustani, Maria Wodzińska, and Cyrus West Field. Among people deceased in 1875, Charles Kingsley ranks 44. Before him are January Suchodolski, Louise Farrenc, Georg Herwegh, Eugène Schneider, Marc Seguin, and Charles Elliot. After him are Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, John C. Breckinridge, Prosper Guéranger, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, Petrache Poenaru, and Johann Karl Rodbertus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Kingsley ranks 2,158 out of 8,785. Before him are Hilton Valentine (1943), Lewis Gilbert (1920), John Leslie (1766), Edmund Gunter (1581), Maryam d'Abo (1960), and Steve Jones (1955). After him are Thomas Otway (1652), Claude Choules (1901), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874), and William Kingdon Clifford (1845).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Charles Kingsley ranks 243. Before him are Michael Bond (1926), John Fletcher (1579), Walter Pater (1839), Dodie Smith (1896), Jack Higgins (1929), and David Gemmell (1948). After him are Thomas Otway (1652), Angela Carter (1940), Robert Burton (1577), Richard Baxter (1615), Wilfred Owen (1893), and John Cleland (1709).

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