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Edward William Lane

1801 - 1876

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Edward William Lane (17 September 1801 – 10 August 1876) was a British orientalist, translator and lexicographer. He is known for his Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians and the Arabic-English Lexicon, as well as his translations of One Thousand and One Nights and Selections from the Kur-án. During his lifetime, Lane also wrote a detailed account of Egypt and the country's ancient sites, but the book, titled Description of Egypt, was published posthumously. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward William Lane has received more than 142,814 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Edward William Lane is the 4,715th most popular writer (down from 4,449th in 2019), the 3,402nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,315th in 2019) and the 384th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

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  • 48.40

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

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  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Selections from the Kur-'an
Koran
1879
An Arabic-English lexicon
Dictionaries, Arabic language, English
1863
Arabic-English lexicon
Dictionaries, Arabic language, English
1955
An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians
Social life and customs, History
1842
Account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians
Social life and customs
1908
Arabian society in the Middle Ages
Social life and customs, Arabian nights, Social history
1883

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edward William Lane ranks 4,715 out of 7,302. Before him are Eduardo Pondal, I. A. L. Diamond, Peter Seeberg, Shel Silverstein, Mamoni Raisom Goswami, and James Thomson. After him are Fredrik Backman, Saul Alinsky, Robert B. Parker, Sanchuniathon, Cordwainer Smith, and Michael Frayn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Edward William Lane ranks 71. Before him are František Škroup, Henri de Brouckère, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Ludwig Bechstein, William Hallowes Miller, and Édouard Spach. After him are Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, Zecharias Frankel, Georgios Koletis, Maria Röhl, Charles Combes, and Jules Pierre Rambur. Among people deceased in 1876, Edward William Lane ranks 56. Before him are Anna Russell, Félicien David, Adolph Tidemand, Theodor von Heuglin, Johannes Rebmann, and Janko Kráľ. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz, Gennady Nevelskoy, Ludwig Traube, Christian Lassen, Yuri Samarin, and Narcyza Żmichowska.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward William Lane ranks 3,402 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederick Catherwood (1799), Janet Baker (1933), Roy Ward Baker (1916), Carlo Acutis (1991), Gwen John (1876), and James Thomson (1700). After him are Kate Greenaway (1846), Mike Figgis (1948), William Rutter Dawes (1799), Barry Flanagan (1941), Lee Kerslake (1947), and Barry Ackroyd (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edward William Lane ranks 384. Before him are Stephen Baxter (1957), Peter Ackroyd (1949), Gillian Rubinstein (1942), Edward Thomas (1878), John Mawe (1764), and James Thomson (1700). After him are Michael Frayn (1933), Edith Sitwell (1887), William Tenn (1920), Brian Lumley (1937), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), and E. L. James (1963).

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