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George Moore

1852 - 1933

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family who lived at Moore Hall in Carra, County Mayo. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Moore has received more than 32,572 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). George Moore is the 4,895th most popular writer (down from 4,409th in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 194th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 54.91

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Moore ranks 4,895 out of 7,302. Before him are Susan Blackmore, Robert Charles Wilson, Dmytro Pavlychko, Alexander Abusch, Fedir Bohatyrchuk, and Matthew Henry. After him are Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Henry of Huntingdon, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, and Kedarnath Singh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, George Moore ranks 104. Before him are Hans Huber, Eilif Peterssen, Augusta, Lady Gregory, Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, Johan Ramstedt, and Orest Khvolson. After him are Joseph Timchenko, John Neville Keynes, Daniel De Leon, Theo Heemskerk, Eugène Mougin, and George Clausen. Among people deceased in 1933, George Moore ranks 117. Before him are Alexander von Krobatin, Harriet Brooks, F. Holland Day, Anita Rée, Otto Stapf, and Baltasar Brum. After him are Ludwig Schlesinger, Elizabeth Thompson, Archibald Sayce, Jack Pickford, Sakai Toshihiko, and Anna Brigadere.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, George Moore ranks 213 out of 549. Before him are Alison Doody (1966), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), Hugh O'Flaherty (1898), Larry Mullen Jr. (1961), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), and Patrick Leahy (1877). After him are Tim Ahearne (1885), J. B. Bury (1861), William Thompson (1775), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Joe Kelly (1913), and Oliver Plunkett (1625).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, George Moore ranks 34. Before him are Maeve Binchy (1939), William Trevor (1928), Colm Tóibín (1955), Richard Steele (1672), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), and Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852). After him are John Connolly (1968), William McGonagall (1825), Michael Scott (1959), Eoin Colfer (1965), Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776), and Colum McCann (1965).

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