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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 210,322 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ephraim Chambers is the 2,831st most popular writer (down from 2,509th in 2019), the 2,129th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,905th in 2019) and the 243rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ephraim Chambers ranks 2,831 out of 5,755. Before him are José María Arguedas, Edwin Arnold, S. N. Goenka, Katherine Jackson, Abraham Sutzkever, and Johann Ernst Glück. After him are James A. Michener, Asadi Tusi, Yuli Daniel, Bernhard Grzimek, Thomas Kyd, and Mihály Vörösmarty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Ephraim Chambers ranks 11. Before him are Richard Cantillon, Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, James Anderson, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Saliha Sultan, and Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia. After him are Emanuele d'Astorga, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, John Machin, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Philippe Néricault Destouches, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. Among people deceased in 1740, Ephraim Chambers ranks 16. Before him are Antonio Lotti, Jan Kupecký, Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, Baji Rao I, Mastani, and Olof Rudbeck the Younger. After him are Pietro Ottoboni and Vincent Lübeck.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ephraim Chambers ranks 2,129 out of 7,765. Before him are Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Eadgifu of Wessex (null), Trevor Horn (1949), Edwin Arnold (1832), George Arliss (1868), and Hugh Despenser the younger (1287). After him are Joseph Whitworth (1803), Stephen Dillane (1957), Thomas Kyd (1558), John Vanbrugh (1664), Lottie Dod (1871), and Maurice Evans (1901).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ephraim Chambers ranks 243. Before him are John Wyndham (1903), David Gemmell (1948), Walter Pater (1839), Ouida (1839), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), and Edwin Arnold (1832). After him are Thomas Kyd (1558), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), John Ford (1586), Robert Harris (1957), Peter James (1948), and Richard Baxter (1615).

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