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Hugh Blair

1718 - 1800

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Hugh Blair FRSE (7 April 1718 – 27 December 1800) was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, and occupant of the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh, Blair's teachings had a great impact in both the spiritual and the secular realms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Blair has received more than 116,679 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hugh Blair is the 5,963rd most popular writer (down from 5,838th in 2019), the 4,799th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,219th in 2019) and the 537th most popular British Writer.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hugh Blair ranks 5,963 out of 7,302. Before him are Josipina Turnograjska, Jeroen Brouwers, José Jiménez Lozano, François Nourissier, James Dickey, and Robert J. Sawyer. After him are Damon Lindelof, Daniel Quinn, Lucía Etxebarría, Monika Fagerholm, Rói Patursson, and Winston Churchill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Hugh Blair ranks 24. Before him are William Hunter, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Israel Putnam, Elizabeth Montagu, and John Roebuck. After him is Salabat Jung. Among people deceased in 1800, Hugh Blair ranks 36. Before him are John Rutledge, Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, Jesse Ramsden, Elizabeth Montagu, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, and Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney. After him are Edward Rutledge, Thomas Mifflin, John Blair Jr., and William Blount.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Blair ranks 4,799 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Brake (1964), Tommy Steele (1936), Don Finlay (1909), Caroline Cossey (1954), Hugh Falconer (1808), and Lesley Nicol (1953). After him are George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800), Steve Rothery (1959), Roland Penrose (1900), Alister Hardy (1896), Andy Carroll (1989), and MF Doom (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Hugh Blair ranks 537. Before him are Leigh Hunt (1784), Clare Hollingworth (1911), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), William Cobbett (1763), Mina Loy (1882), and Susan Cooper (1935). After him are Edmund Gosse (1849), William Bell Scott (1811), George Holyoake (1817), Francis Chichester (1901), Alex Garland (1970), and Lucy Hawking (1969).

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