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George Gissing

1857 - 1903

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George Robert Gissing (; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. In the 1890s he was considered one of the three greatest novelists in England, and by the 1940s he had been recognised as a literary genius. Gissing's best-known works have reappeared in modern editions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Gissing has received more than 386,323 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). George Gissing is the 3,823rd most popular writer (down from 3,424th in 2019), the 2,807th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,551st in 2019) and the 323rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 390k

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  • 49.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Gissing ranks 3,823 out of 5,755. Before him are Alessandro Tassoni, Oppian, Moritz Steinschneider, Karoline von Günderrode, Jurek Becker, and Aaron Sorkin. After him are Pavao Ritter Vitezović, Gyula Krúdy, Apion, Marcel Jouhandeau, Jean Clair, and Nicolas Bouvier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, George Gissing ranks 94. Before him are Ayub Khan, Wilhelm Kienzl, E. A. Wallis Budge, Knut Ångström, Georges Leygues, and Alice Pike Barney. After him are Juan Luna, Helena Westermarck, Anita Augspurg, Friedrich von Ingenohl, Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, and Aleksei Evert. Among people deceased in 1903, George Gissing ranks 55. Before him are Harriet Lane, Tang Jingsong, Lina Sandell, Emily Warren Roebling, Konstantinos Paspatis, and Henri Alexis Brialmont. After him are Girolamo de Rada, Gustav Radde, Paul Du Chaillu, Victor Meirelles, Petko Karavelov, and Robert Planquette.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Gissing ranks 2,807 out of 7,765. Before him are Ray Cooney (1932), Enoch Powell (1912), Tony Abbott (1957), Anne Hutchinson (1591), Chris Barber (1930), and Rita Tushingham (1942). After him are Geoffrey Howe (1926), Hubert Parry (1848), Brian Blessed (1936), Rosamund Clifford (1150), Peter Banks (1947), and Arthur Aikin (1773).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Gissing ranks 323. Before him are Robert Hugh Benson (1871), Beryl Markham (1902), Arthur Waley (1889), Leslie Stephen (1832), Lydia Becker (1827), and Mary Renault (1905). After him are Minette Walters (1949), Raphael Holinshed (1529), Francis Beaumont (1584), Eric Frank Russell (1905), Susanna Hall (1583), and Taylor Caldwell (1900).

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