WRITER

Ernest Dowson

1867 - 1900

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Ernest Christopher Dowson (2 August 1867 – 23 February 1900) was an English poet, novelist, and short-story writer who is often associated with the Decadent movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Dowson has received more than 302,900 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ernest Dowson is the 5,675th most popular writer (down from 5,571st in 2019), the 4,386th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,694th in 2019) and the 497th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Poems of Ernest Dowson
2018
A Comedy of Masks
1977
The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson
1919
A comedy of masks
Fiction, humorous, general, London (england), fiction
1893
The poems of Ernest Dowson
1902
Comedy of Masks
Fiction, humorous, general, London (england), fiction
2008
The poems of Ernest Dowson
1902
The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson
1919
Comedy of Masks
Fiction, humorous, general, London (england), fiction
2008
A comedy of masks
Fiction, humorous, general, London (england), fiction
1893
The Poems of Ernest Dowson
2018
A Comedy of Masks
1977

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ernest Dowson ranks 5,675 out of 7,302. Before him are Mario Luzi, Edmund White, Casimiro de Abreu, Marmaduke Pickthall, James Hogg, and William Michael Rossetti. After him are Martin Litchfield West, You Xie, Alison Lurie, Hugh Walpole, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, and Gwendolyn Brooks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Ernest Dowson ranks 135. Before him are Simon Guggenheim, Grigore Antipa, Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, John Exley, Domenico Mezzadri, and George William Russell. After him are James Quibell, Victor Thibault, Timrava, Carlos Eugenio Restrepo, Arvid Knöppel, and René Boylesve. Among people deceased in 1900, Ernest Dowson ranks 89. Before him are John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Victoire Léodile Béra, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Nicolae Crețulescu, and József Szlávy. After him are William Stanley Haseltine, Tomás Gomensoro Albín, Raimundo Andueza Palacio, Jasper Francis Cropsey, George Grove, and George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ernest Dowson ranks 4,386 out of 8,785. Before him are William Fothergill Cooke (1806), Richard Eyre (1943), Robert Morison (1620), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), James Hogg (1770), and William Michael Rossetti (1829). After him are Martin Litchfield West (1937), Reggie Pridmore (1886), George Grote (1794), I. J. Good (1916), Nathaniel Parker (1962), and John Mayow (1640).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ernest Dowson ranks 497. Before him are George William Russell (1867), Hanif Kureishi (1954), Jeanette Winterson (1959), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), James Hogg (1770), and William Michael Rossetti (1829). After him are Martin Litchfield West (1937), Charles Allston Collins (1828), Abraham Cowley (1618), Peter Morgan (1963), Joe Orton (1933), and Frederick Rolfe (1860).

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