WRITER

Kenneth Grahame

1859 - 1932

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Kenneth Grahame ( GRAY-əm; 8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a British writer. He is best remembered for the classic of children's literature The Wind in the Willows (1908). Scottish by birth, he spent most of his childhood with his grandmother in England, following the death of his mother and his father's inability to look after the children. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenneth Grahame has received more than 803,744 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth Grahame is the 2,133rd most popular writer (up from 2,190th in 2019), the 1,603rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,699th in 2019) and the 174th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kenneth Grahame ranks 2,133 out of 7,302. Before him are Savitri Devi, Guðbergur Bergsson, Daqiqi, Aphra Behn, Luís Fróis, and Almeida Garrett. After him are William Caxton, Salvador de Madariaga, Jean Bolland, Rachel Bluwstein, Sven Nordqvist, and Judith Kerr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Kenneth Grahame ranks 52. Before him are Georg Alexander Pick, Gustave Kahn, Alfred Hettner, Nahum Sokolow, Walther von Lüttwitz, and Sen Katayama. After him are Havelock Ellis, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, Radko Dimitriev, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, and Ernesto Cesàro. Among people deceased in 1932, Kenneth Grahame ranks 48. Before him are Reginald Fessenden, Ramon Casas, Ivar Kreuger, John Philip Sousa, José Félix Uriburu, and René-Louis Baire. After him are Ignaz Seipel, Louis Anquetin, Harriet Backer, King C. Gillette, Patrick Geddes, and Peg Entwistle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kenneth Grahame ranks 1,603 out of 8,785. Before him are Harry Kane (1993), David Moyes (1963), George Stubbs (1724), James Boswell (1740), Thomas Arne (1710), and Aphra Behn (1640). After him are William Caxton (1422), Sidney Paget (1860), Havelock Ellis (1859), William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), and John Canton (1718).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Kenneth Grahame ranks 174. Before him are James Hilton (1900), Patrick O'Brian (1914), James Herbert Brennan (1940), Orderic Vitalis (1075), James Boswell (1740), and Aphra Behn (1640). After him are William Caxton (1422), Matthew Arnold (1822), Rebecca West (1892), David Ogilvy (1911), Eric Knight (1897), and Christina Rossetti (1830).

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