WRITER

Frederick Rolfe

1860 - 1913

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Frederick William Rolfe (surname pronounced ROHF), better known as Baron Corvo (Italian for "Crow"), and also calling himself Frederick William Serafino Austin Lewis Mary Rolfe (22 July 1860 – 25 October 1913), was an English writer, artist, photographer and eccentric. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Rolfe has received more than 170,711 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Rolfe is the 5,716th most popular writer (down from 5,134th in 2019), the 4,457th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,053rd in 2019) and the 503rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frederick Rolfe ranks 5,716 out of 7,302. Before him are Dragutin Tadijanović, Karel van de Woestijne, Joe Orton, Ralf König, Anna Kavan, and Kim Iryeop. After him are Christoph Ransmayr, Robert Christgau, Federico Moccia, Michel Deguy, Lev Mei, and Regīna Ezera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Frederick Rolfe ranks 130. Before him are D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, John Antoine Nau, Carlos José Solórzano, Antônio Parreiras, Alexey Favorsky, and Jacques Sautereau. After him are Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Emily Hobhouse, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, Chandramukhi Basu, Joseph Cook, and Daniel Barringer. Among people deceased in 1913, Frederick Rolfe ranks 85. Before him are Miroslav Kraljević, Paul de Smet de Naeyer, Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, Gregorio María Aguirre y García, Elena Guro, and John Milne. After him are Anthimus VII of Constantinople, Emma Schenson, Frederick Holman, George Finnegan, Alphonse Kirchhoffer, and Daniel David Palmer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Rolfe ranks 4,457 out of 8,785. Before him are Joe Orton (1933), Betty Nuthall (1911), Anna Popplewell (1988), Mark Blundell (1966), Robert Moray (1609), and James Quibell (1867). After him are Jesse Lingard (1992), Alice Eve (1982), Martin Wolf (1946), George Coulouris (1903), John Dill (1881), and Steve McQueen (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Frederick Rolfe ranks 503. Before him are Ernest Dowson (1867), Martin Litchfield West (1937), Charles Allston Collins (1828), Abraham Cowley (1618), Peter Morgan (1963), and Joe Orton (1933). After him are Pauline Baynes (1922), David Mitchell (1969), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), Charles Williams (1886), Julian Symons (1912), and Nigella Lawson (1960).

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