WRITER

George Crabbe

1754 - 1832

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George Crabbe ( KRAB; 24 December 1754 – 3 February 1832) was an English poet, surgeon and clergyman. He is best known for his early use of the realistic narrative form and his descriptions of middle and working-class life and people. In the 1770s, Crabbe began his career as a doctor's apprentice, later becoming a surgeon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Crabbe has received more than 183,318 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). George Crabbe is the 5,221st most popular writer (down from 4,809th in 2019), the 3,926th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,675th in 2019) and the 441st most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Parish Register
2004
Poems
Accessible book, Bibliography, Fore-edge painting
1807
Tales
2004
The Borough
2004
The village
1783
The borough
1800
The Borough
2004
Poems
Bibliography, Fore-edge painting, Specimens
1807
The borough
1800
The village
1783
Tales of the hall
1819
The Parish Register
2004

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Crabbe ranks 5,221 out of 7,302. Before him are Serhiy Zhadan, Édouard Chavannes, Göran Tunström, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Bob Shaw, and William F. Buckley Jr.. After him are Fatos Kongoli, Ralph Giordano, Jacob van Maerlant, Georgy Ivanov, Ingrid Noll, and Günter de Bruyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, George Crabbe ranks 52. Before him are Vincenzo Monti, Anna Maria Lenngren, Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg, Hipólito Ruiz López, Juan Meléndez Valdés, and Alexander Shishkov. After him are José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Abraham Baldwin, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, Archibald Menzies, and Joel Barlow. Among people deceased in 1832, George Crabbe ranks 41. Before him are Wilhelm Bendz, Karl Rudolphi, Everard Home, Henri Cassini, Franz Josef Gerstner, and Marie-Jeanne de Lalande. After him are Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Barnaba Oriani, Johann Friedrich Adam, and Philip Freneau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Crabbe ranks 3,926 out of 8,785. Before him are Edwin Long (1829), Alma Cogan (1932), Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (2015), Mary Delany (1700), Bob Shaw (1931), and Arthur Berry (1888). After him are Reginald Wingate (1861), Arthur Bliss (1891), Michael Carrick (1981), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Alfred Ewing (1855), and Ed Westwick (1987).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Crabbe ranks 441. Before him are Nicholas Culpeper (1616), Donald Rayfield (1942), John Farey Sr. (1766), Clara Reeve (1729), David McKee (1935), and Bob Shaw (1931). After him are Ælfric of Eynsham (955), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Edward Carpenter (1844), R. M. Ballantyne (1825), Joanne Harris (1964), and Sax Rohmer (1883).

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