WRITER

James Mason

1849 - 1905

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James Mason (19 November 1849 – 12 January 1905) was an Irish-American chess player, journalist and writer who became one of the world's best half-dozen players in the 1880s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Mason has received more than 6,248,541 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. James Mason is the 6,621st most popular writer, the 367th most popular biography from Ireland and the 52nd most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Mason ranks 6,621 out of 7,302. Before him are Parveen Shakir, Melissa Rosenberg, Nagaru Tanigawa, Ananda Devi, Sui Ishida, and Philip Freneau. After him are Andrus Kivirähk, David Sedaris, Frederica Sagor Maas, Tor Ulven, Neil Strauss, and Mary Russell Mitford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, James Mason ranks 113. Before him are Edmund Gosse, Aston Webb, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Edwin Lord Weeks, Sarat Chandra Das, and Henrietta Edwards.  Among people deceased in 1905, James Mason ranks 99. Before him are Lizardo Montero Flores, Vjenceslav Novak, Fitzhugh Lee, John Henninger Reagan, George S. Boutwell, and Sarah E. Goode.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, James Mason ranks 367 out of 549. Before him are Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Desmond Connell (1926), Mairead McGuinness (1959), Henry John Stephen Smith (1826), Kerry Condon (1983), and Shay Given (1976). After him are Mary Lou McDonald (1969), Phil Hogan (1960), Finn Bálor (1981), Frank Stapleton (1956), Kian Egan (1980), and Henry Grattan (1746).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, James Mason ranks 52. Before him are Roddy Doyle (1958), Frances Power Cobbe (1822), Terence MacSwiney (1879), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Marian Keyes (1963), and Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906). After him are Thomas MacDonagh (1878), Emma Donoghue (1969), Padraic Colum (1881), Sally Rooney (1991), Michael Davitt (1846), and Claire Keegan (1968).

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