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Charles Montagu Doughty

1843 - 1926

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Charles Montagu Doughty (19 August 1843 – 20 January 1926) was an English poet, writer, explorer, adventurer and traveller, best known for his two-volume 1888 travel book Travels in Arabia Deserta. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Montagu Doughty has received more than 72,797 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Montagu Doughty is the 5,356th most popular writer (down from 4,917th in 2019), the 4,063rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,792nd in 2019) and the 450th most popular British Writer.

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  • 46.41

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  • 15

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  • 4.12

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  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Travels in Arabia deserta
Description and travel
1926
Wanderings in Arabia
Social life and customs, Description and travel
1908
Travels in Arabia Deserta
Accessible book, Description and travel, Social life and customs
1888
Adam cast forth
1908
Mansoul
1920
Adam cast forth
1908
Arabia Deserta
Descriptions et voyages, Moeurs et coutumes, Social life and customs
1888
The cliffs
1909
Mansoul
1920
Travels in Arabia Deserta
Description and travel, Social life and customs
1888
Under arms
South African War, 1899-1902, Poetry
1900

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles Montagu Doughty ranks 5,356 out of 7,302. Before him are Birago Diop, Vernon Lee, Jane Bowles, Hans Christian Branner, John Gardner, and Lars Ahlin. After him are Wacław Potocki, Mary Welsh Hemingway, Daniel Tammet, Andrew Murray, Henry Home, Lord Kames, and Robertson Davies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Charles Montagu Doughty ranks 98. Before him are Sara Forbes Bonetta, Dmitry Anuchin, Miguel Antonio Caro, Paul de Smet de Naeyer, William Hemsley, and Nadezhda Suslova. After him are Axel Gudbrand Blytt, Serapio Calderón, Charles Conrad Abbott, Paul Arène, Jules Vandenpeereboom, and Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. Among people deceased in 1926, Charles Montagu Doughty ranks 103. Before him are Patrick Leahy, Olle Lanner, Jan Kasprowicz, Jeanna Bauck, André Gaudin, and Paul Matschie. After him are Anatole Le Braz, José María Orellana, Friedrich Kluge, Zofka Kveder, Ernest Belfort Bax, and Jón Magnússon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Montagu Doughty ranks 4,063 out of 8,785. Before him are Acker Bilk (1929), Bernard Cribbins (1928), John Sykes (1959), Paddy Considine (1973), Sydney Parkinson (1745), and George Back (1796). After him are Grace Chisholm Young (1868), Martin O'Neill (1952), Daniel Tammet (1979), Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), Alan A'Court (1934), and John Goodall (1863).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Charles Montagu Doughty ranks 450. Before him are Edward Carpenter (1844), R. M. Ballantyne (1825), Joanne Harris (1964), Sax Rohmer (1883), Charles Wilkins (1749), and Benjamin Zephaniah (1958). After him are Daniel Tammet (1979), Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), Aneirin (525), Ali Smith (1962), Richard Llewellyn (1906), and Kim Newman (1959).

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