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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 283,821 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Dowson is the 5,591st most popular writer (down from 4,981st in 2019), the 4,705th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,203rd in 2019) and the 530th most popular British Writer.

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  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ernest Dowson ranks 5,591 out of 5,755. Before him are Lloyd C. Douglas, Tom Brokaw, Mikhail Gurevich, Sida Košutić, Su Tong, and Gunnel Vallquist. After him are John Barbour, Ransom Riggs, Algis Budrys, Daniel Kehlmann, Ruskin Bond, and Izzat Ghazzawi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Ernest Dowson ranks 131. Before him are John Exley, René Boylesve, Victor Thibault, William Lashly, George William Russell, and Lillian Wald. After him are Henry Lawson, Anders Peter Nielsen, Edith Hamilton, A. E. Douglass, Wilberforce Eaves, and Flora Finch. Among people deceased in 1900, Ernest Dowson ranks 80. Before him are William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Nicolae Crețulescu, Ali Shah Durrani, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, and Tomás Gomensoro Albín. After him are George Grove, R. D. Blackmore, and Augustus Pitt Rivers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ernest Dowson ranks 4,705 out of 7,765. Before him are Nick Lowe (1949), Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868), Mackenzie Crook (1971), Keith Greene (1938), George Reid (1845), and Billy Fury (1940). After him are Dorothy Holman (1883), Andrea Riseborough (1981), Kenneth Connor (1918), John Barbour (1316), Roger C. Field (1945), and Mackenzie Bowell (1823).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ernest Dowson ranks 530. Before him are Thomas Hood (1799), Margaret Oliphant (1828), Brian Moore (1921), Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Roma Ryan (1950), and Edmund Gosse (1849). After him are John Barbour (1316), Dick King-Smith (1922), John Skelton (1460), John Betjeman (1906), Anna Löwenstein (1951), and Owen Barfield (1898).

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