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George du Maurier

1834 - 1896

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George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and writer known for work in Punch and a Gothic novel Trilby, featuring the character Svengali. His son was the actor Sir Gerald du Maurier. The writers Angela du Maurier and Daphne du Maurier and the artist Jeanne du Maurier were all granddaughters of George. He was also father of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and grandfather of the five boys who inspired J. M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George du Maurier has received more than 463,588 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George du Maurier is the 4,600th most popular writer, the 4,089th most popular biography from France and the 532nd most popular French Writer.

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  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George du Maurier ranks 4,600 out of 5,755. Before him are W. S. Gilbert, Pierre Daninos, Dora Gabe, Irena Veisaitė, Wang Meng, and Régine Deforges. After him are Ingrid Noll, Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Philaenis, Shōhei Ōoka, Eudora Welty, and João Ubaldo Ribeiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, George du Maurier ranks 76. Before him are Edwin Klebs, Adrien René Franchet, Maurice Raynaud, Louis Ruchonnet, Manuel Pardo, and Friedrich Tietjen. After him are Heinrich Caro, Princess Marie of Baden, Edmond Laguerre, Charles Augustus Young, Emil Stang, and Rafael Zaldívar. Among people deceased in 1896, George du Maurier ranks 71. Before him are George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., Theodore Robinson, Luigi Palmieri, William Quan Judge, Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, and Ferdinand von Mueller. After him are Élie-Abel Carrière, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Thomas Hughes, Paul Arène, Francis James Child, and Coventry Patmore.

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In France

Among people born in France, George du Maurier ranks 4,089 out of 6,011. Before him are Antoine Risso (1777), Robert Planquette (1848), Charles Athanase Walckenaer (1771), Joseph Alzin (1893), Régine Deforges (1935), and Jérôme Le Banner (1972). After him are Marie-Louise Lachapelle (1769), Cyril Raffaelli (1974), Solveig Dommartin (1961), Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (1723), Alain Peyrefitte (1925), and Olivier Marchal (1958).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, George du Maurier ranks 532. Before him are Virginie Despentes (1969), Jacques Roubaud (1932), Jean Cayrol (1911), Michel Déon (1919), Pierre Daninos (1913), and Régine Deforges (1935). After him are Michel-Jean Sedaine (1719), Albert Londres (1884), Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680), Jean Cau (1925), Marcel Boulenger (1873), and Raymond Abellio (1907).

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