WRITER

Christina Rossetti

1830 - 1894

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Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst, Katherine Kennicott Davis, and Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", also set by Darke and other composers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christina Rossetti has received more than 1,703,113 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Christina Rossetti is the 2,277th most popular writer (down from 2,134th in 2019), the 1,689th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,655th in 2019) and the 180th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poems
English poetry
1888
Goblin market
Artists' illustrated books, Children's poetry, English, English poetry
A sister's love saves Laura from the poison of the fruit she bought from the goblins in the haunted glen.
1865
Sing-song
Accessible book, Children's poetry, English, English Nursery rhymes
1872
Maude
Literary collections, Women
1897
Time flies
Accessible book, Calendars, Devotional calendars
1885

Page views of Christina Rossettis by language

Over the past year Christina Rossetti has had the most page views in the with 210,672 views, followed by Italian (9,581), and Spanish (7,390). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (83.75%), Cornish (77.65%), and Burmese (55.10%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christina Rossetti ranks 2,277 out of 7,302. Before her are Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, August von Platen-Hallermünde, Fritz Leiber, John W. Campbell, Henri Desgrange, and Rahul Sankrityayan. After her are Heinrich Glarean, Tomé Pires, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, Robert Ressler, Harold Bloom, and J.-H. Rosny aîné.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Christina Rossetti ranks 36. Before her are Princess Eugénie of Sweden, François-Marie Raoult, Alexei Savrasov, Carmine Crocco, Henry Flagler, and Guido Gezelle. After her are Albert Günther, Aga Khan II, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Luigi Cremona, Kamehameha V, and Harriet Lane. Among people deceased in 1894, Christina Rossetti ranks 30. Before her are Eugène Charles Catalan, Sante Geronimo Caserio, Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, and Alexander von Middendorff. After her are Marietta Alboni, Heinrich Hoffmann, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Gall, William Waddington, and Theophan the Recluse.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christina Rossetti ranks 1,689 out of 8,785. Before her are Stephen Langton (1150), David Edward Hughes (1831), Paul Rodgers (1949), David Tennant (1971), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), and Robert Brown (1921). After her are Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Robert Blake (1599), Charles Hatchett (1765), John Barbirolli (1899), and William Renshaw (1861).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Christina Rossetti ranks 180. Before her are Kenneth Grahame (1859), William Caxton (1422), Matthew Arnold (1822), Rebecca West (1892), David Ogilvy (1911), and Eric Knight (1897). After her are Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Edward FitzGerald (1809), Donald Adamson (1939), Richard Aldington (1892), Kingsley Amis (1922), and Frederic W. H. Myers (1843).

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