WRITER

Edmund Gosse

1849 - 1928

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Sir Edmund William Gosse (; 21 September 1849 – 16 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic. He was strictly brought up in a small Protestant sect, the Plymouth Brethren, but broke away sharply from that faith. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Gosse has received more than 210,637 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Edmund Gosse is the 5,979th most popular writer (down from 5,563rd in 2019), the 4,813th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,675th in 2019) and the 538th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Life of William Congreve
Accessible book, Biography, Dramatists, English
1888
Critical kit-kats
Accessible book, Biography, Criticism
1896
A history of eighteenth century literature (1660-1780)
English literature, History and criticism, Accessible book
1889
Father and son
Biography, English Authors, Fathers and sons
1907
Gossip in a library
English literature, History and criticism, Accessible book
1891
Henrik Ibsen
Accessible book, Biography, Dramatists, Norwegian
1907
Henrik Ibsen
Biography, Dramatists, Norwegian, Norwegian Dramatists
1907

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edmund Gosse ranks 5,979 out of 7,302. Before him are Simo Puupponen, Farley Mowat, Michael Parenti, Albert Sánchez Piñol, Tom Brokaw, and Svetlana Makarovič. After him are William Bell Scott, Vjenceslav Novak, George Holyoake, Francis Chichester, Jean Dutourd, and Khushwant Singh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Edmund Gosse ranks 107. Before him are Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Horace Lamb, William R. Day, August Palm, and Sarah Orne Jewett. After him are Aston Webb, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Edwin Lord Weeks, Sarat Chandra Das, Henrietta Edwards, and James Mason. Among people deceased in 1928, Edmund Gosse ranks 116. Before him are Bill Haywood, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Xiang Jingyu, Jan Sztolcman, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, and Árpád Tóth. After him are George Washington Goethals, Antonín Sova, Gyula Kakas, Gonzalo Córdova, Tursunoy Saidazimova, and George Siegmann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Gosse ranks 4,813 out of 8,785. Before him are Maxwell T. Masters (1833), Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951), Edward Charles Titchmarsh (1899), Will Poulter (1993), Catherine Booth (1829), and Prunella Scales (1932). After him are Belle Moore (1894), William Bell Scott (1811), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), Lando Norris (1999), George Ezra (1993), and John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edmund Gosse ranks 538. Before him are Clare Hollingworth (1911), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), William Cobbett (1763), Mina Loy (1882), Susan Cooper (1935), and Hugh Blair (1718). After him are William Bell Scott (1811), George Holyoake (1817), Francis Chichester (1901), Alex Garland (1970), Lucy Hawking (1969), and David Storey (1933).

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