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James Murray

1837 - 1915

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Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, FBA (; 7 February 1837 – 26 July 1915) was a British lexicographer and philologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Murray has received more than 272,838 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). James Murray is the 1,358th most popular writer (up from 1,424th in 2019), the 1,038th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,136th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A history of chess
Chess, History
1913
Extraterrestrials
1988
A history of board-games other than chess
Board games, History
1952
An impartial history of the present war in America
History
1778
Sermons to asses
Early works to 1800, Religious Dissenters, Religous Dissenters
1768
A new English dictionary on historical principles
Accessible book, Dictionaries, English language
1888
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
Corporations, finance
2008
Sermons to asses
Early works to 1800, Religious Dissenters, Religous Dissenters
1768
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
alcoholism, baptism, Classic Literature
1999
Annual review of physiology
Physiology, Periodicals
1940
The Oxford Book of American Essays
American essays
1914
The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970
American poetry, Blacks, Black authors
1949
The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970
American poetry, Blacks, Black authors
1949
The Oxford Book of American Essays
American essays
1914
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
alcoholism, baptism, Classic Literature
1999
Sermons to asses
Early works to 1800, Religious Dissenters, Religous Dissenters
1768
Annual review of physiology
Physiology, Periodicals
1940
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
Corporations, finance
2008

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Murray ranks 1,358 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikolaus Lenau, Xavier de Maistre, Jean M. Auel, Robert de Montesquiou, Rudolf Erich Raspe, and Daniel Pennac. After him are Wace, Thornton Wilder, Joseph Bédier, Symeon the Metaphrast, Per Olov Enquist, and Diana Gabaldon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, James Murray ranks 32. Before him are Empress Dowager Ci'an, Vasily Radlov, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Édouard Stephan, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, and Abraham Kuyper. After him are Joseph Bell, Arnold Janssen, Henry Draper, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Wild Bill Hickok, and Pierre Auguste Cot. Among people deceased in 1915, James Murray ranks 19. Before him are Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Michel Bréal, Émile Waldteufel, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Armand Peugeot, and Saitō Hajime. After him are Sergei Taneyev, Anton von Werner, Remy de Gourmont, Arthur Auwers, Nadežda Petrović, and Konstantin Makovsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Murray ranks 1,038 out of 8,785. Before him are Anna Atkins (1799), George Robert Gray (1808), Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), John Balliol (1249), Sebastian Shaw (1905), and Kenny Baker (1934). After him are Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), Simon Pegg (1970), A. J. Ayer (1910), Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), James Stirling (1926), and John Nettles (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Murray ranks 122. Before him are Alma Reville (1899), Matthew Lewis (1775), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Neil Gaiman (1960), Lee Child (1954), and Allan Pinkerton (1819). After him are Robert Browning (1812), Jane Hawking (1944), Seamus Heaney (1939), Winifred Wagner (1897), Colin Dexter (1930), and Elizabeth Siddal (1829).

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