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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. After having been impressed by meeting King Leopold II of Belgium, he traveled in 1890 to the Congo Free State (then owned by the king) to see its development. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Washington Williams has received more than 993,997 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). George Washington Williams is the 4,887th 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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  • 990k

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  • 54.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Washington Williams ranks 4,887 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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