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Marmaduke Pickthall

1875 - 1936

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Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall (born Marmaduke William Pickthall; 7 April 1875 – 19 May 1936) was an English Islamic scholar noted for his 1930 English translation of the Quran, called The Meaning of the Glorious Koran. His translation of the Quran (usually anglicized as "Koran" in Pickthall's era) is one of the most widely known and used in the English-speaking world. A convert from Christianity to Islam, Pickthall was a novelist, esteemed by D. H. Lawrence, H. G. Wells, and E. M. Forster, as well as journalists, political and religious leaders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marmaduke Pickthall has received more than 439,587 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Marmaduke Pickthall is the 5,672nd most popular writer (down from 5,399th in 2019), the 4,383rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,406th in 2019) and the 494th most popular British Writer.

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  • 24

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  • 2.27

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  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 5,672 out of 7,302. Before him are Paul Arène, H. A. Rey, Kevin Kelly, Mario Luzi, Edmund White, and Casimiro de Abreu. After him are James Hogg, William Michael Rossetti, Ernest Dowson, Martin Litchfield West, You Xie, and Alison Lurie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 172. Before him are Tomás Berreta, Béla Békessy, Joseph Dempsey, Miriam A. Ferguson, Františka Plamínková, and Isak Saba. After him are Charles Gondouin, Matt McGrath, Angeliki Panagiotatou, Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Andreas Michalakopoulos, and Eddie Polo. Among people deceased in 1936, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 179. Before him are Jacques Sautereau, Domenico Mezzadri, J. Slauerhoff, Billy Mitchell, Eugène Dabit, and Urani Rumbo. After him are Alice Davenport, Jean Jacoby, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, Edmund Breese, Lorenzo Mangiante, and Hermanus Brockmann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 4,383 out of 8,785. Before him are Neil Bartlett (1932), David Brabham (1965), Julian Barbour (1937), William Fothergill Cooke (1806), Richard Eyre (1943), and Robert Morison (1620). After him are James Hogg (1770), William Michael Rossetti (1829), Ernest Dowson (1867), Martin Litchfield West (1937), Reggie Pridmore (1886), and George Grote (1794).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 494. Before him are John Gardner (1926), Richard D. Ryder (1940), Stephen Spender (1909), George William Russell (1867), Hanif Kureishi (1954), and Jeanette Winterson (1959). After him are James Hogg (1770), William Michael Rossetti (1829), Ernest Dowson (1867), Martin Litchfield West (1937), Charles Allston Collins (1828), and Abraham Cowley (1618).

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