WRITER

E. Nesbit

1858 - 1924

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Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English writer and poet, who published her books for children as E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. Nesbit has received more than 880,677 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). E. Nesbit is the 2,447th most popular writer (up from 2,490th in 2019), the 1,802nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,905th in 2019) and the 198th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Wet Magic
Fantasy
1937
In Homespun
1896
The Incomplete Amorist
1906
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
1975
Harding's luck
1909
1906

Among WRITERS

Among writers, E. Nesbit ranks 2,447 out of 7,302. Before her are Louise Colet, George Meredith, Renée Vivien, Justus of Tiberias, Johann Karl August Musäus, and Petar Preradović. After her are Chariton, Didymus Chalcenterus, Claude Farrère, Philostratus of Lemnos, Jean-Baptiste Dubos, and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, E. Nesbit ranks 68. Before her are Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Archibald Gracie IV, Jenő Hubay, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Emma Calvé, and Medardo Rosso. After her are John A. Hobson, P. J. Kennedy, Bipin Chandra Pal, Petar Bojović, Mikimoto Kōkichi, and Eduard von Toll. Among people deceased in 1924, E. Nesbit ranks 50. Before her are Jacques de Morgan, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Dimitar Blagoev, Eugenius Warming, Emile Claus, and Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg. After her are Louis Delluc, Hans Thoma, Andrew Irvine, Oskar Merikanto, Sergei Lyapunov, and F. H. Bradley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, E. Nesbit ranks 1,802 out of 8,785. Before her are Cynegils (575), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), Oliver Lodge (1851), Albert F. Mummery (1855), George Meredith (1828), and Renée Vivien (1877). After her are Ernest Bevin (1881), Sam Worthington (1976), John Bevis (1695), Elizabeth Tudor (1492), Michael Sheen (1969), and Tom Felton (1987).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, E. Nesbit ranks 198. Before her are Taliesin (518), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), George Meredith (1828), and Renée Vivien (1877). After her are William Beckford (1760), Dick Francis (1920), Christopher Priest (1943), Richard Adams (1920), Peter Shaffer (1926), and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878).

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