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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 518,208 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Edward Carpenter is the 5,260th most popular writer (down from 4,777th in 2019), the 3,956th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,636th in 2019) and the 444th most popular British Writer.

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  • 520k

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  • 46.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Love's coming-of-age
Accessible book, Love, Marriage
1896
Towards democracy
1883
The intermediate sex
Accessible book, Homosexuality, Sex
1908
My days and dreams
Biography
1916
The art of creation
Imagination, Consciousness, Accessible book
1904
Pagan and Christian Creeds
1996

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edward Carpenter ranks 5,260 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacques Laurent, Jean Clair, Petr Bezruč, André Heller, Nalini Bala Devi, and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. After him are Roshanara Begum, Julia Ward Howe, Tahar Djaout, Władysław Broniewski, Jan Frans Willems, and Idea Vilariño.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Edward Carpenter ranks 102. Before him are Marie Hankel, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Edmonia Lewis, Alexei Fedchenko, Vassily Maximov, and Klaus Berntsen. After him are Simon Gregorčič, Lorenzo Latorre, Mary Katharine Brandegee, Juan Idiarte Borda, Joan Röell, and Josip Jurčič. Among people deceased in 1929, Edward Carpenter ranks 122. Before him are Giacomo Bresadola, Jozef Murgaš, Eugenio Tosi, André Messager, Franciszek Rychnowski, and Otto Liebe. After him are Robert Ridgway, Walther Katzenstein, Antoni Lange, Ödön Tersztyánszky, Otokar Březina, and Sigurd Jørgensen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Carpenter ranks 3,956 out of 8,785. Before him are Simon Gallup (1960), Billy Hughes (1862), Elton Dean (1945), Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764), Matthew Goode (1978), and Liam Howlett (1971). After him are Henry Liddell (1811), Michael Giles (1942), Charles Howard Hinton (1853), John André (1750), Meave Leakey (1942), and Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edward Carpenter ranks 444. Before him are Clara Reeve (1729), David McKee (1935), Bob Shaw (1931), George Crabbe (1754), Ælfric of Eynsham (955), and Thomas Love Peacock (1785). After him are R. M. Ballantyne (1825), Joanne Harris (1964), Sax Rohmer (1883), Charles Wilkins (1749), Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), and Charles Montagu Doughty (1843).

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