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George William Russell

1867 - 1935

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George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935), who wrote with the pseudonym Æ (often written AE or A.E.), was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George William Russell has received more than 249,496 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. George William Russell is the 5,506th most popular writer (down from 4,622nd in 2019), the 4,543rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,630th in 2019) and the 509th most popular British Writer.

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  • 250k

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  • 42.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George William Russell ranks 5,506 out of 5,755Before him are Lynne Cox, Ralf König, Sigitas Geda, Frédérick Tristan, Irmtraud Morgner, and Ian Buruma. After him are André Chamson, Aubrey de Grey, Patrick Rambaud, Johan Theorin, Anne Fine, and Jurga Ivanauskaitė.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, George William Russell ranks 129Before him are Charles Dana Gibson, Alec B. Francis, John Exley, René Boylesve, Victor Thibault, and William Lashly. After him are Lillian Wald, Ernest Dowson, Henry Lawson, Anders Peter Nielsen, Edith Hamilton, and A. E. Douglass. Among people deceased in 1935, George William Russell ranks 129Before him are Tryggvi Þórhallsson, Bernhard Britz, Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, and Paolo Orsi. After him are Patricio Arabolaza, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Wiley Post, Leroy Carr, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, and Junior Durkin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George William Russell ranks 4,543 out of 7,765Before him are Glenn Hoddle (1957), Robert Peake the Elder (1551), David Seidler (1937), Chris Smalling (1989), Matthew Rhys (1974), and Cliff Bastin (1912). After him are Aubrey de Grey (1963), Rory Kinnear (1978), Alan Smith (1980), Anne Fine (1947), Phil Collen (1957), and Pat Symonds (1953).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George William Russell ranks 509Before him are Terence Rattigan (1911), Howard Jacobson (1942), Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), Walter de la Mare (1873), Iolo Morganwg (1747), and David Seidler (1937). After him are Aubrey de Grey (1963), Anne Fine (1947), John Masefield (1878), Jhumpa Lahiri (1967), Malcolm Gladwell (1963), and Anne V. Coates (1925).