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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 927,891 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Washington Williams is the 3,641st most popular writer, the 4,844th most popular biography from United States and the 410th most popular American Writer.

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  • 930k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Washington Williams ranks 3,641 out of 5,755. Before him are Viktor Nekrasov, Antoine Furetière, Peter Bichsel, Sakyo Komatsu, Elaine May, and Rube Goldberg. After him are Lars Saabye Christensen, Jules Janin, Lesches, Murray Leinster, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, and Nikolay Ogarev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, George Washington Williams ranks 69. Before him are Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Charles F. Brush, Richard Lydekker, Jacob Riis, Gerhard Munthe, and Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Giovanni Passannante, Alfred Kleiner, Józef Chełmoński, Ferdinand Brunetière, Carl Fredrik Hill, and Edmund Barton. Among people deceased in 1891, George Washington Williams ranks 73. Before him are Antero de Quental, Adolphe Alphand, Miklós Ybl, José María Iglesias, Theodor Aman, and Karl Maximovich. After him are Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Jean Stas, Laza Lazarević, Carl Johan Thyselius, Henry Litolff, and Sarah Childress Polk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Washington Williams ranks 4,844 out of 18,182. Before him are Kenny Burrell (1931), Vince Lombardi (1913), Maggie Q (1979), Antonio Fargas (1946), Elaine May (1932), and Rube Goldberg (1883). After him are Bob Crane (1928), Vincent Gigante (1928), Murray Leinster (1896), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Charles Hallahan (1943), and Virginia Rappe (1895).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, George Washington Williams ranks 410. Before him are Octavia E. Butler (1947), Gene Wolfe (1931), Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Connie Willis (1945), Elaine May (1932), and Rube Goldberg (1883). After him are Murray Leinster (1896), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), E. B. White (1899), Dennis Lehane (1965), Donald Barthelme (1931), and Henry Adams (1838).

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