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H. L. Mencken

1880 - 1956

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Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians, and contemporary movements. His satirical reporting on the Scopes Trial, which he dubbed the "Monkey Trial", also gained him attention. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. L. Mencken has received more than 2,823,947 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). H. L. Mencken is the 670th most popular writer (up from 673rd in 2019), the 703rd most popular biography from United States (up from 753rd in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Writer.

H. L. Mencken is most famous for his work as a journalist, essayist, and critic.

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  • 30

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  • 12.78

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  • 1.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, H. L. Mencken ranks 670 out of 7,302. Before him are Ivan Goncharov, Irwin Shaw, Eduardo Galeano, Sugawara no Michizane, Theodore the Studite, and Matilde Camus. After him are Carlo Gozzi, Douglas Adams, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lawrence Durrell, Marie de France, and Maurice Blanchot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, H. L. Mencken ranks 24. Before him are Premchand, Wilhelm List, Elton Mayo, Paul Ehrenfest, Max Wertheimer, and Otto Weininger. After him are Vajiravudh, Bruno Taut, Alexander Blok, Kuniaki Koiso, Vojtech Tuka, and Milan Rastislav Štefánik. Among people deceased in 1956, H. L. Mencken ranks 21. Before him are Risto Ryti, Alfred Kinsey, Konstantin Päts, Alexander Rodchenko, Bela Lugosi, and Reinhold Glière. After him are Josef Hoffmann, Kenji Mizoguchi, Bolesław Bierut, Anastasio Somoza García, Wilhelm Miklas, and Joseph Wirth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, H. L. Mencken ranks 703 out of 20,380. Before him are Murray Rothbard (1926), Anne Bancroft (1931), Cyndi Lauper (1953), Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977), Hattie McDaniel (1893), and Kevin Bacon (1958). After him are Sally Field (1946), Harold Urey (1893), Billie Jean King (1943), John McCarthy (1927), Nat King Cole (1919), and Lee Marvin (1924).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, H. L. Mencken ranks 70. Before him are Michael Crichton (1942), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Harper Lee (1926), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Washington Irving (1783), and Irwin Shaw (1913). After him are Truman Capote (1924), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), Jack Vance (1916), Louise Hay (1926), Dalton Trumbo (1905), and William Saroyan (1908).

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