WRITER

Edmund Wilson

1895 - 1972

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Edmund Wilson Jr. (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer, literary critic and journalist. He is widely regarded as one of the most important literary critics of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Wilson has received more than 543,963 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Edmund Wilson is the 4,916th most popular writer (down from 4,344th in 2019), the 6,845th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,027th in 2019) and the 550th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edmund Wilson ranks 4,916 out of 7,302. Before her are Alan Paton, C. L. Moore, Diane Ackerman, Eugène Guillevic, József Katona, and Jan Arnald. After her are Willem Bilderdijk, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, Richard Bentley, Ján Hollý, Beatriz Galindo, and Sophia Elisabet Brenner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Edmund Wilson ranks 223. Before her are Paavo Johansson, José María Peña, Hertha Sponer, Eduard Bagritsky, Luigi Cevenini, and Gerald Patterson. After her are André Chéron, Pauline Pfeiffer, José Bergamín, Alfredo Zibechi, Doris Humphrey, and H. A. R. Gibb. Among people deceased in 1972, Edmund Wilson ranks 179. Before her are Carlo Agostoni, Saul Alinsky, Xie Fuzhi, Harold Rainsford Stark, Isak Abrahamsen, and Adriaan Fokker. After her are Julian Steward, Alexander Vampilov, He Xiangning, Olavi Virta, Allauddin Khan, and Américo Castro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edmund Wilson ranks 6,845 out of 20,380. Before her are Grace Lee Whitney (1930), Charles Fefferman (1949), Wendy Makkena (1958), Lizzy Caplan (1982), Aurora Snow (1981), and Shane Dawson (1988). After her are Elizabeth Hartman (1943), Hugh O'Brian (1925), Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933), Pamela Sue Martin (1953), Leslie Mann (1972), and Marin Alsop (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Edmund Wilson ranks 550. Before her are Nathanael West (1903), Ann Druyan (1949), Marilynne Robinson (1943), Horatio Alger (1832), C. L. Moore (1911), and Diane Ackerman (1948). After her are Mark Frost (1953), Mary Oliver (1935), Paula Fox (1923), Eben Alexander (1953), Frank Belknap Long (1901), and William Dean Howells (1837).

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