FILM DIRECTOR

George Albert Smith

1864 - 1959

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George Albert Smith (4 January 1864 – 17 May 1959) was an English stage hypnotist, psychic, magic lantern lecturer, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, inventor and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Albert Smith has received more than 331,201 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). George Albert Smith is the 557th most popular film director (up from 593rd in 2019), the 2,052nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,225th in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George Albert Smith ranks 557 out of 2,041. Before him are Ildikó Enyedi, Uli Edel, Zoltán Fábri, Gore Verbinski, David O. Russell, and Anja Breien. After him are Grigori Kozintsev, David Byrne, King Hu, František Čáp, Thelma Schoonmaker, and Sergei Yutkevich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, George Albert Smith ranks 83. Before him are Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Herman Gorter, Michael Mayr, Ferdinand Zecca, Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, and Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman. After him are Robert Lansing, Hedwiga Rosenbaumová, Roger Casement, Adolf Wölfli, Toktogul Satylganov, and Ricarda Huch. Among people deceased in 1959, George Albert Smith ranks 77. Before him are Reuven Shiloah, Max Baer, Johannes Kleiman, Ramón Fonst, Adolf Ziegler, and Eduard van Beinum. After him are Henri Vidal, The Big Bopper, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Bernard Berenson, Georges Lefebvre, and José Vasconcelos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Albert Smith ranks 2,052 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Bill Bruford (1949), The Edge (1961), Alfred Edwards (1850), Eddie the Eagle (1963), and Damien Hirst (1965). After him are William Foulke (1874), John Profumo (1915), William Paley (1743), Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883), Tim Hunt (1943), and Rick Parfitt (1948).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, George Albert Smith ranks 38. Before him are Michael Apted (1941), Mike Leigh (1943), Peter Yates (1929), Ken Annakin (1914), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), and Hugh Hudson (1936). After him are David Byrne (1952), Chris Menges (1940), Anthony Asquith (1902), Lewis Gilbert (1920), Michael Powell (1905), and Norman McLaren (1914).

British born Film Directors

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