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Leigh Hunt

1784 - 1859

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James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 1784 – 28 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet. Hunt co-founded The Examiner, a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the centre of the Hampstead-based group that included William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb, known as the "Hunt circle". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leigh Hunt has received more than 528,418 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Leigh Hunt is the 5,902nd most popular writer (down from 5,276th in 2019), the 4,707th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,254th in 2019) and the 531st most popular British Writer.

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  • 530k

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  • 44.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leigh Hunt ranks 5,902 out of 7,302. Before him are Oscar Levertin, Wilbert Awdry, Lydie Salvayre, Henry Lincoln, Julia Donaldson, and Anthony Powell. After him are Clare Hollingworth, André Bjerke, Princess Delphine of Belgium, Walter Abish, Michael Swanwick, and John Green.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Leigh Hunt ranks 49. Before him are Charles Dupin, José Tadeo Monagas, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, José María Pérez de Urdininea, Juan Mora Fernández, and William Yarrell. After him is George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. Among people deceased in 1859, Leigh Hunt ranks 60. Before him are Eliza Acton, Juan Bautista Ceballos, David Cox, Thomas Nuttall, Sydney, Lady Morgan, and Bakht Khan. After him are Mountstuart Elphinstone, Richard Rush, Charles Hamilton Smith, and George M. Bibb.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leigh Hunt ranks 4,707 out of 8,785. Before him are Douglas Hurd (1930), Topper Headon (1955), Henry Lincoln (1930), Julia Donaldson (1948), Anthony Powell (1905), and John M. Allegro (1923). After him are Clare Hollingworth (1911), Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733), Dave Mason (1946), Ed Stafford (1975), Edgeworth David (1858), and Adam Lallana (1988).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Leigh Hunt ranks 531. Before him are Stephen Leacock (1869), Anthony Shaffer (1926), Wilbert Awdry (1911), Henry Lincoln (1930), Julia Donaldson (1948), and Anthony Powell (1905). After him are Clare Hollingworth (1911), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), William Cobbett (1763), Mina Loy (1882), Susan Cooper (1935), and Hugh Blair (1718).

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