WRITER

Charles Wilkins

1749 - 1836

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Sir Charles Wilkins (1749 – 13 May 1836) was an English typographer and Orientalist, and founding member of The Asiatic Society. He is notable as the first translator of Bhagavad Gita into English. He is also the first person to introduce the term Hinduism which would refer to all the different mythologies and cultures of which were existing in India as one. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Wilkins has received more than 189,416 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Wilkins is the 5,324th most popular writer (down from 5,053rd in 2019), the 4,018th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,946th in 2019) and the 448th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Short Stories of America
American short stories, Short stories
The luck of Roaring Camp / Bret Harte Taking the blue ribbon at the county fair / Mary N. Murfree Ben and Judas / Maurice Thompson Among the corn-rows / Hamlin Garland Ellie's furnishing / Helen R. Martin The arrival of a true southern lady / Francis Hopkinson Smith On the Walpole road / Mary Wilkins Freeman At the 'Cadian ball / Kate Chopin The pearls of Loreto / Gertrude Atherton The windigo / Mary Hartwell Catherwood The girl at Duke's / James Weber Linn Love of life / Jack London By the rod of his wrath / William Allen White The making of a New Yorker / O. Henry A municipal report / O. Henry A local colorist / Annie Trumbull Slosson.
1921
The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
Children's fiction, Classic Literature, Crime
Selections include: ... - [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) by Nathaniel Hawthorne ... - [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863196W/Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) by Ambrose Bierce ... - [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings) by Kate Chopin - [The Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) - [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) - [The Glass Menagerie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL30293W) by Tennesse Williams
1985
High on the big stone heart
Natural history, Social conditions, Travel
2008
Lords of the Housetops
Cats, Fiction, short stories
1921
Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces
Readers (Secondary), English literature, American literature
9-10th grade
1991
Great Science Fiction
Science fiction, Scientists' writings
White Creatures - short story by Gregory Benford The Singing Diamond - short story by Robert L. Forward Publish and Perish - short story by Paul J. Nahin Skystalk - novelette by Charles Sheffield The Universal Library - short story by Kurd Lasswitz (trans. of Die Universalbibliothek 1904) Long Shot - short story by Vernor Vinge Blackmail - short story by Fred Hoyle Jeannette's Hands - short story by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham] The Warm Space - novelette by David Brin The Wind from the Sun - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke Industrial Accident - novelette by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy] Choice - short story by John R. Pierce The Winnowing - short story by Isaac Asimov Dr. Snow Maiden - short story by Larry Eisenberg On the Fourth Planet - short story by J. F. Bone Learning Theory - short story by James McConnell [as by James V. McConnell] Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death - short story by James Tiptree, Jr. Transfusion - novelette by Chad Oliver In the Beginning - short story by Morton Klass Modulation in All Things - short story by Suzette Haden Elgin The Bones of Charlemagne - novelette by Mario Pei [as by Mario A. Pei]
1985

Page views of Charles Wilkins by language

Over the past year Charles Wilkins has had the most page views in the with 24,064 views, followed by Bengali (6,345), and Hindi (2,147). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (71.93%), Ukrainian (53.05%), and Malayalam (39.93%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles Wilkins ranks 5,324 out of 7,302. Before him are Ferdinand von Saar, Curt Siodmak, Kitamura Tokoku, Delphine de Vigan, Miguel Otero Silva, and Kalliroi Parren. After him are Giuseppe Giusti, Patrick Chamoiseau, Peter Gould, Horst Faas, Elisabeth Langgässer, and Thierry Meyssan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1749, Charles Wilkins ranks 25. Before him are Georg Joseph Vogler, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Charles James Fox, Christian August Lorentzen, Princess Louisa of Great Britain, and John Sims. After him are Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, Edward Rutledge, Charlotte Smith, Levi Lincoln Sr., William Blount, and Jared Ingersoll. Among people deceased in 1836, Charles Wilkins ranks 48. Before him are William Elford Leach, Stephen F. Austin, Adolf Stieler, Marc-Antoine Parseval, Edward Livingston, and Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz. After him are Emily Donelson, Dániel Berzsenyi, John Pond, Tenskwatawa, and Begum Samru.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Wilkins ranks 4,018 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Whitehead (1823), David Beaton (1494), Aaron Ramsey (1990), Michael Ruse (1940), Rick Allen (1963), and Alfred Maudslay (1850). After him are Grantley Goulding (1874), Steve McClaren (1961), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), Michael Heseltine (1933), Chris Lawrence (1933), and William Hemsley (1843).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Charles Wilkins ranks 448. Before him are Ælfric of Eynsham (955), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Edward Carpenter (1844), R. M. Ballantyne (1825), Joanne Harris (1964), and Sax Rohmer (1883). After him are Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), Daniel Tammet (1979), Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), Aneirin (525), and Ali Smith (1962).

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