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George Henry Lewes

1817 - 1878

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George Henry Lewes ( ; 18 April 1817 – 30 November 1878) was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. He was also an amateur physiologist. American feminist Margaret Fuller called Lewes a "witty, French, flippant sort of man". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Henry Lewes has received more than 393,593 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. George Henry Lewes is the 1,214th most popular philosopher, the 4,685th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 89th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, George Henry Lewes ranks 1,214 out of 1,267. Before him are Simon Blackburn, J. J. C. Smart, Volker Zotz, Wendy Brown, Alister McGrath, and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. After him are David Ray Griffin, John Gray, C. H. Dodd, Ralph Barton Perry, Mary Midgley, and Nick Land.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, George Henry Lewes ranks 82. Before him are Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Thomas Thomson, Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, Manuel Robles Pezuela, Lewis Armistead, and Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin. After him are Serafino Dubois, George Holyoake, Richard Spruce, LeRoy Pope Walker, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, and Benjamin Jowett. Among people deceased in 1878, George Henry Lewes ranks 67. Before him are Aleardo Aleardi, George Back, Andrew Scott Waugh, Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Francisco Linares Alcántara, and José Amador de los Ríos. After him are William Stokes, José María Medina, George Gilbert Scott, Gideon Welles, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, and Benjamin Bonneville.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Henry Lewes ranks 4,685 out of 8,785. Before him are Guy Chambers (1963), Princess Claire of Belgium (1974), Karim Ahmad Khan (1970), Michael Jayston (1935), Hugh Hopper (1945), and Mike Hodges (1932). After him are Doug Sampson (1957), Nigel Marven (1960), Anthony Shaffer (1926), John Wilbye (1574), John James Shepherd (1884), and Thomas Campion (1567).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, George Henry Lewes ranks 89. Before him are Ernest Belfort Bax (1854), Susan Haack (1945), Dugald Stewart (1753), Simon Blackburn (1944), J. J. C. Smart (1920), and Alister McGrath (1953). After him are John Gray (1948), C. H. Dodd (1884), Mary Midgley (1919), Nick Land (1962), Peter Geach (1916), and James Dunn (1939).

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