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Ephraim Chambers

1680 - 1740

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Ephraim Chambers (c. 1680 – 15 May 1740) was an English writer and encyclopaedist, who is primarily known for producing the Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ephraim Chambers has received more than 217,382 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ephraim Chambers is the 3,214th most popular writer (down from 2,820th in 2019), the 2,332nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,124th in 2019) and the 263rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 220k

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  • 52.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ephraim Chambers ranks 3,214 out of 7,302. Before him are Corippus, Joan Brossa, Lady Caroline Lamb, Nodira, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, and Christian Dietrich Grabbe. After him are André Aciman, Jerzy Giedroyc, Victoria Benedictsson, Pavlo Tychyna, Hubert Selby Jr., and Roberto Calasso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Ephraim Chambers ranks 14. Before him are Richard Cantillon, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Bulleh Shah, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, and John Machin. After him are Emanuele d'Astorga, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Angelo Maria Querini, Philippe Néricault Destouches, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, and John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll. Among people deceased in 1740, Ephraim Chambers ranks 17. Before him are Jan Kupecký, Baji Rao I, Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, Mastani, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, and Vincent Lübeck. After him are Pietro Ottoboni, and Grace Sherwood.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ephraim Chambers ranks 2,332 out of 8,785. Before him are F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782), Christopher Hill (1912), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), John Hadley (1682), Stanley Myers (1930), and Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924). After him are Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), John Walker (1781), Robert Stevenson (1905), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), Brenda Milner (1918), and Hilary Mantel (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ephraim Chambers ranks 263. Before him are Robert Fisk (1946), William Ernest Henley (1849), Jojo Moyes (1969), Ken Robinson (1950), Robert Harris (1957), and Lady Caroline Lamb (1785). After him are Hilary Mantel (1952), Ford Madox Ford (1873), Arnold Bennett (1867), Paul Johnson (1928), Frances Burney (1752), and John Brunner (1934).

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