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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 172,942 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). George Crabbe is the 4,826th most popular writer (down from 4,778th in 2019), the 3,683rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,863rd in 2019) and the 419th most popular British Writer.

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  • 45.81

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

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  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Crabbe ranks 4,826 out of 5,755Before him are Ernest Lehman, Robert Lowell, Aminata Sow Fall, Manuel Curros Enríquez, Enzo Biagi, and Ernie Pyle. After him are Candace Bushnell, Mark Aldanov, Emmanuel Roblès, Johan Falkberget, Guzal Sitdikova, and Günter Kunert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, George Crabbe ranks 47Before him are Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Vincenzo Monti, Anna Maria Lenngren, Juan José Elhuyar, Juan Meléndez Valdés, and Hipólito Ruiz López. After him are José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, Archibald Menzies, Joel Barlow, and Abraham Baldwin. Among people deceased in 1832, George Crabbe ranks 41Before him are Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Everard Home, Wilhelm Bendz, Johann Friedrich Adam, Barnaba Oriani, and Franz Josef Gerstner. After him are Johann Georg Wagler and Philip Freneau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Crabbe ranks 3,683 out of 7,765Before him are Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Dudley Pound (1877), Kunal Nayyar (1981), Acker Bilk (1929), Jonny Greenwood (1971), and Gerald Finzi (1901). After him are Ethel Thomson Larcombe (1879), M.I.A. (1975), Peter Lorimer (1946), Chad of Mercia (634), Daniel Oliver (1830), and Kenneth Cranham (1944).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Crabbe ranks 419Before him are James Thomson (1700), Nigella Lawson (1960), Edward Carpenter (1844), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Charles Williams (1886), and Henry Lincoln (1930). After him are Peter Ackroyd (1949), Margery Kempe (1373), Roger Hargreaves (1935), Kate Atkinson (1951), Michael Grant (1914), and John Braine (1922).