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Edward Carpenter

1844 - 1929

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Edward Carpenter (29 August 1844 – 28 June 1929) was an English utopian socialist, poet, philosopher, anthologist, an early activist for gay rights and prison reform whilst advocating vegetarianism and taking a stance against vivisection. As a philosopher, he was particularly known for his publication of Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure. Here, he described civilisation as a form of disease through which human societies pass. An early advocate of sexual liberation, he had an influence on both D. H. Lawrence and Sri Aurobindo, and inspired E. M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Carpenter has received more than 495,607 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Edward Carpenter is the 4,793rd most popular writer (down from 4,461st in 2019), the 3,644th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,445th in 2019) and the 415th most popular British Writer.

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  • 500k

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  • 45.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edward Carpenter ranks 4,793 out of 5,755. Before him are Robert Greene, Shrilal Shukla, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, Constantin von Wurzbach, Alexis, and Vikenty Veresaev. After him are Jean Vautrin, Tobias Wolff, Heðin Brú, Anna Brigadere, Miguel Otero Silva, and Tom Robbins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Edward Carpenter ranks 90. Before him are Alexei Fedchenko, Leonid Sobolev, Émile Oustalet, Numa Droz, Vassily Maximov, and Georgios Theotokis. After him are Simon Gregorčič, Josip Jurčič, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, William Robert Brooks, Klaus Berntsen, and Marie Hankel. Among people deceased in 1929, Edward Carpenter ranks 111. Before him are Olav Aukrust, Jeanne Eagels, Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, Wilfred Baddeley, Ray Lankester, and Gunnar Heiberg. After him are Ted Wilde, Jean-Baptiste Mimiague, Otto Liebe, Karel van de Woestijne, Antoni Lange, and Otokar Březina.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Carpenter ranks 3,644 out of 7,765. Before him are Barnes Wallis (1887), Joe Fagan (1921), Eric Thompson (1919), Nathaniel Parker (1962), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), and Clive Bell (1881). After him are Major Ritchie (1870), Tobias Furneaux (1735), Craig Armstrong (1959), John Miles (1943), Duncan Jones (1971), and Ralph Copeland (1837).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edward Carpenter ranks 415. Before him are Hanif Kureishi (1954), John Gardner (1926), Fay Weldon (1931), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743), James Thomson (1700), and Nigella Lawson (1960). After him are William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Charles Williams (1886), Henry Lincoln (1930), George Crabbe (1754), Peter Ackroyd (1949), and Margery Kempe (1373).

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