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George Washington Williams

1849 - 1891

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George Washington Williams (October 16, 1849 – August 2, 1891) was a soldier in the American Civil War and in Mexico before becoming a Baptist minister, politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer on African-American history. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives. In the late 1880s, Williams turned his interest to Europe and Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Washington Williams has received more than 957,931 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). George Washington Williams is the 4,886th most popular writer (down from 3,628th in 2019), the 6,780th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,832nd in 2019) and the 542nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

American Negro, from 1776 to 1876; Oration Delivered July 4, 1876, at Avondale, Ohio
2018
The Oxford Book of American Essays
American essays
1914
History of the Negro race in America from 1619 to 1880
African Americans, Blacks, History
1882
A history of the Negro troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865
African American Participation, African Americans, History
1888
Mark Twain's Library of Humor
American wit and humor, Wit and humor, American wit and humor, social life and customs
1888
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
freedom, selfhood, self-fulfilment
1999

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Washington Williams ranks 4,886 out of 7,302. Before him are Valentin Conrart, Yordan Yovkov, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Ivan Kavaleridze, Zainab Biisheva, and Tankred Dorst. After him are Imants Ziedonis, Susan Blackmore, Robert Charles Wilson, Dmytro Pavlychko, Alexander Abusch, and Fedir Bohatyrchuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, George Washington Williams ranks 94. Before him are N. E. Brown, Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, Alexander von Krobatin, Louis Glineur, William Merritt Chase, and Eugen Huber. After him are Rafael Reyes, José Manuel Pando, Alfhild Agrell, John Hopkinson, Joaquim Nabuco, and Princess Marie of Hanover. Among people deceased in 1891, George Washington Williams ranks 91. Before him are Joseph Roumanille, Sarah Childress Polk, Domenico Agostini, Joseph Leidy, Karl Maximovich, and Emma Abbott. After him are Giovanni Caselli, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Henry Litolff, Anton Heinrich Springer, Amalie Dietrich, and Edwin Long.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Washington Williams ranks 6,780 out of 20,380. Before him are Phil Zimmermann (1954), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Dave Cowens (1948), Bob Hite (1943), Lester Bowie (1941), and Betty Compson (1897). After him are Big Show (1972), Melissa Joan Hart (1976), Marilyn Miller (1898), Yvonne Elliman (1951), Alan Tudyk (1971), and Robert Charles Wilson (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, George Washington Williams ranks 542. Before him are Zig Ziglar (1926), Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902), Jim Harrison (1937), Joe R. Lansdale (1951), Candy Barr (1935), and Tabitha King (1949). After him are Robert Charles Wilson (1953), Nathanael West (1903), Ann Druyan (1949), Marilynne Robinson (1943), Horatio Alger (1832), and C. L. Moore (1911).

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