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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 268,716 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). James Murray is the 1,427th most popular writer (down from 1,360th in 2019), the 1,140th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,067th in 2019) and the 126th most popular British Writer.

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  • 270k

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  • 58.09

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Murray ranks 1,427 out of 5,755Before him are Joseph Needham, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Ira Levin, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Blaise de Vigenère, and Léo Taxil. After him are Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Paul Rée, Maurice Barrès, Sima Xiangru, Arnold van Gennep, and Dositej Obradović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, James Murray ranks 32Before him are Émile Waldteufel, Pierre Auguste Cot, Vasily Radlov, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Joseph Bell, and Édouard Stephan. After him are Ion Creangă, Wild Bill Hickok, Abraham Kuyper, Arnold Janssen, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1915, James Murray ranks 22Before him are Sergei Taneyev, Émile Waldteufel, Edith Cavell, Saitō Hajime, Arthur Auwers, and Anna Leonowens. After him are Julius von Payer, Konstantin Makovsky, Anton von Werner, Remy de Gourmont, Karl Goldmark, and François Faber.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Murray ranks 1,140 out of 7,765Before him are Ian Anderson (1947), Joseph Needham (1900), Francis Walsingham (1532), Ealhswith (852), John Schlesinger (1926), and Angus Deaton (1945). After him are Simon Pegg (1970), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), Joseph Banks (1743), John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), Adelard of Bath (1075), and Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Murray ranks 126Before him are Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Colin Dexter (1930), Matthew Lewis (1775), Robert Faurisson (1929), Robert Browning (1812), and Joseph Needham (1900). After him are Evelyn Waugh (1903), Allen Carr (1934), Michael Moorcock (1939), Samuel Pepys (1633), Lee Child (1954), and P. D. James (1920).