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James Thomson

1700 - 1748

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Thomson has received more than 36,588 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James Thomson is the 4,772nd most popular writer (down from 4,683rd in 2019), the 3,626th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,714th in 2019) and the 413th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 37k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Thomson ranks 4,772 out of 5,755Before him are Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Vladimir Makanin, Duncan Regehr, Granius Licinianus, Anton Buttigieg, and Gunnar Heiberg. After him are Leonti Mroveli, Alexander Odoevsky, Nigella Lawson, Steven Pressfield, Nicolaas Beets, and Hulda Garborg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, James Thomson ranks 33Before him are Sabah I bin Jaber, Stanisław Konarski, Nathaniel Bliss, Picander, Khariton Laptev, and Abdul Aziz Hotak. After him is Anthony de la Roché. Among people deceased in 1748, James Thomson ranks 17Before him are Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, William Kent, Aleksei Chirikov, Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, Isaac Watts, and Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him is William Adam.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Thomson ranks 3,626 out of 7,765Before him are Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), John Gerard (1545), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743), Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812), Joe Cole (1981), and John O. Westwood (1805). After him are Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591), Nigella Lawson (1960), Bernard Sumner (1956), Douglas Hartree (1897), Malcolm Campbell (1885), and Francis Willughby (1635).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Thomson ranks 413Before him are Richard Pococke (1704), Jonathan Coe (1961), Hanif Kureishi (1954), John Gardner (1926), Fay Weldon (1931), and Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743). After him are Nigella Lawson (1960), Edward Carpenter (1844), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Charles Williams (1886), Henry Lincoln (1930), and George Crabbe (1754).