WRITER

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 508,724 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). George du Maurier is the 4,698th most popular writer (down from 4,585th in 2019), the 4,308th most popular biography from France (down from 4,073rd in 2019) and the 553rd most popular French Writer.

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  • 510k

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  • 55.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George du Maurier ranks 4,698 out of 7,302. Before him are Zabel Sibil Asadour, Mykola Zerov, Park Wan-suh, Mary McCarthy, Vera Panova, and Edward Thomas. After him are Knud Knudsen, Patrik Ouředník, Jonathan Carroll, Bo Goldman, John Mawe, and Helene Hanff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, George du Maurier ranks 74. Before him are Petter Adolf Karsten, Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, Edmond Laguerre, Felix Dahn, Friedrich Tietjen, and Vilém Blodek. After him are Aleksey Suvorin, Yuriy Fedkovych, Heinrich Caro, Louis Ruchonnet, Jacob Volhard, and Ignacio Manuel Altamirano. Among people deceased in 1896, George du Maurier ranks 72. Before him are Alexey Bogolyubov, Simeon Bavier, Élie-Abel Carrière, Aleksandr Stoletov, Luigi Palmieri, and Hugo Gyldén. After him are Theodore Robinson, Adalbert Krueger, Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Ilya Berezin, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., and Johannes Müller Argoviensis.

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In France

Among people born in France, George du Maurier ranks 4,308 out of 6,770. Before him are Eugène Devéria (1805), Étienne Mourrut (1939), Maurice Lafont (1927), Edmund, Earl of Rutland (1443), Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794), and Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (1723). After him are Carole André (1953), Otto Froitzheim (1884), Henri Masson (1872), Julie Vlasto (1903), Emmanuel Célestin Suhard (1874), and Petit (1976).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, George du Maurier ranks 553. Before him are Albert Samain (1858), Saint-Pol-Roux (1861), Virginie Ancelot (1792), Joseph Roumanille (1818), Jean Vautrin (1933), and François Tristan l'Hermite (1601). After him are Michel-Jean Sedaine (1719), Jean Cau (1925), Henri Bosco (1888), Jean Tardieu (1903), Philippe Djian (1949), and Roger Vitrac (1899).

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