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Grant Allen

1848 - 1899

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Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 – October 25, 1899) was a Canadian science writer and novelist, educated in England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grant Allen has received more than 107,763 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Grant Allen is the 4,427th most popular writer (down from 4,004th in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from Canada (down from 283rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Grant Allen ranks 4,427 out of 5,755. Before him are Ahlam Mosteghanemi, Herman Heijermans, George Moore, Sax Rohmer, Adam Asnyk, and Geo Milev. After him are Robert B. Parker, Louis Bromfield, Samih al-Qasim, Mihály Csokonai, Ranko Marinković, and Klaus Rifbjerg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Grant Allen ranks 89. Before him are Sándor Wekerle, Lilla Cabot Perry, Otto Bütschli, Waldemar Rosenberger, Henry Augustus Rowland, and Matthew Webb. After him are Oskar Lenz, Francis Davis Millet, Robert Planquette, Jean Aicard, Helene Lange, and Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde. Among people deceased in 1899, Grant Allen ranks 64. Before him are Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Johann Köler, Klaus Groth, Lascăr Catargiu, Emil Welti, and Horatio Alger. After him are Mary Elizabeth Barber, Karolina Světlá, Serafino Dubois, Numa Droz, Princess Marie of Baden, and Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Grant Allen ranks 326 out of 1,350. Before him are Barbara Ann Scott (1928), The Weeknd (1990), Nancy Huston (1953), John McCrae (1872), Percy Williams (1908), and Seth Rogen (1982). After him are Shawn Levy (1968), Duncan McNaughton (1910), Xavier Dolan (1989), Myrtle Cook (1902), Matt Craven (1956), and Stu Hart (1915).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Grant Allen ranks 22. Before him are Harold Russell (1914), Steven Erikson (1959), Anne Carson (1950), Robin Sharma (1965), Robertson Davies (1913), and Nancy Huston (1953). After him are Michel Tremblay (1942), Wyndham Lewis (1882), Duncan Regehr (1952), Louise Penny (1958), Mark Strand (1934), and Robert J. Sawyer (1960).

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