1832 - 1912
Edward Wilmot Blyden (3 August 1832 – 7 February 1912) was an Americo-Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician who was primarily active in West Africa. Born in the Danish West Indies, he joined the waves of black immigrants from the Americas who migrated to Liberia. Blyden became a teacher for five years in the British West African colony of Sierra Leone in the early twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Wilmot Blyden has received more than 262,987 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Edward Wilmot Blyden is the 5,183rd most popular writer (down from 4,637th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from U.S. Virgin Islands and the most popular Writer.
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Among writers, Edward Wilmot Blyden ranks 5,183 out of 5,755. Before him are Sven Delblanc, Charles Allston Collins, André Heller, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Larry Kramer, and Tahar Djaout. After him are Eva Ibbotson, William F. Buckley Jr., Scholastique Mukasonga, Michael Bishop, Elisabeth Eybers, and Aleardo Aleardi.
1931 - 1992
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 5,177
1828 - 1873
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 5,178
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 5,179
1851 - 1921
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 5,180
1935 - 2020
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 5,181
1954 - 1993
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 5,182
1832 - 1912
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 5,183
1925 - 2010
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 5,184
1925 - 2008
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 5,185
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 5,186
1945 - 2023
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 5,187
1915 - 2007
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 5,188
1812 - 1878
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 5,189
Among people born in 1832, Edward Wilmot Blyden ranks 85. Before him are Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, Zsófia Torma, Octave Chanute, Juris Alunāns, Mary Everest Boole, and Isaac Israel Hayes. After him are Lizardo Montero Flores, Gaspar Núñez de Arce, John Brown Gordon, Henry Seebohm, Rebecca Solomon, and Walter Q. Gresham. Among people deceased in 1912, Edward Wilmot Blyden ranks 111. Before him are Eduardo López de Romaña, Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Cesare Arzelà, Henry Robertson Bowers, Björn Jónsson, and Anton Aškerc. After him are Sophia Jex-Blake, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Luis Cordero Crespo, Henri Bouckaert, Emil Stang, and Albino Jara.
1832 - 1915
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 79
1832 - 1899
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 80
1832 - 1910
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 81
1832 - 1864
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 82
1832 - 1916
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 83
1832 - 1881
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 84
1832 - 1912
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 85
1832 - 1905
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 86
1832 - 1903
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 87
1832 - 1904
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 88
1832 - 1895
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 89
1832 - 1886
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 90
1832 - 1895
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 91
1847 - 1912
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 105
1839 - 1912
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 106
1847 - 1912
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 107
1883 - 1912
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 108
1846 - 1912
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 109
1856 - 1912
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 110
1832 - 1912
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 111
1840 - 1912
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 112
1875 - 1912
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 113
1833 - 1912
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 114
1870 - 1912
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 115
1834 - 1912
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 116
1877 - 1912
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 117
Among people born in U.S. Virgin Islands, Edward Wilmot Blyden ranks 7 out of 11. Before him are Camille Pissarro (1830), Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville (1818), Kelsey Grammer (1955), Emile Griffith (1938), Tim Duncan (1976), and Judah P. Benjamin (1811). After him are Jasmin St. Claire (1972), Peter Holmberg (1960), Raja Bell (1976), and Daryl Homer (1990).
1830 - 1903
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 1
1818 - 1881
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 2
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 3
1938 - 2013
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 4
1976 - Present
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 5
1811 - 1884
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 6
1832 - 1912
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 7
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.99
Rank: 8
1960 - Present
HPI: 33.42
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 25.17
Rank: 10
1990 - Present
HPI: 15.91
Rank: 11
Among writers born in U.S. Virgin Islands, Edward Wilmot Blyden ranks 1.