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George Meredith

1828 - 1909

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George Meredith (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first, his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but Meredith gradually established a reputation as a novelist. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) briefly scandalised Victorian literary circles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Meredith has received more than 391,977 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. George Meredith is the 2,411th most popular writer (down from 2,349th in 2019), the 1,850th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,782nd in 2019) and the 207th most popular British Writer.

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  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Meredith ranks 2,411 out of 5,755. Before him are Winston Groom, Nennius, Charles Berlitz, Isabella di Morra, Hamnet Shakespeare, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.. After him are Slavenka Drakulić, Henry Darger, Paul Goodman, Cornelia Funke, Tian Han, and Okakura Kakuzō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, George Meredith ranks 31. Before him are Friedrich Albert Lange, Antoinette de Mérode, Dora d'Istria, Andrew Taylor Still, Charles de Freycinet, and Władysław Czartoryski. After him are Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, Josephine Butler, Joseph Dietzgen, Lahiri Mahasaya, Meyer Guggenheim, and Rainilaiarivony. Among people deceased in 1909, George Meredith ranks 34. Before him are Ludwig Gumplowicz, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Naftali Herz Imber, Caran d'Ache, Joshua Slocum, and Count Kasimir Felix Badeni. After him are Friedrich Martens, Renée Vivien, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Helena Modjeska, and Emil Christian Hansen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Meredith ranks 1,850 out of 7,765. Before him are Ronald Colman (1891), Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), and Tony Sheridan (1940). After him are Jojo Moyes (1969), Henry Tandey (1891), Richard Long (1945), Charles Boycott (1832), Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478), and Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Meredith ranks 207. Before him are James Boswell (1740), Clive Barker (1952), Michael Jackson (1942), Alan Sillitoe (1928), John Webster (1578), and Hamnet Shakespeare (1585). After him are Jojo Moyes (1969), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), Tom Sharpe (1928), John Cleland (1709), John Fletcher (1579), and A. S. Byatt (1936).

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