WRITER

Matthew Lewis

1775 - 1818

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Matthew Gregory Lewis (9 July 1775 – 14 or 16 May 1818) was an English novelist and dramatist, whose writings are often classified as "Gothic horror". He was frequently referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his 1796 Gothic novel The Monk. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew Lewis has received more than 86,200 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Matthew Lewis is the 1,295th most popular writer (up from 1,394th in 2019), the 971st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,107th in 2019) and the 117th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 86k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Tales of wonder
1801
The Bravo of Venice
1886
The Monk
Madrid (Spain)
1794
The Anaconda
2003
The Isle of Devils
1827
The castle spectre
1798

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Matthew Lewis ranks 1,295 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Chatterton, Poul Anderson, Alma Reville, Victor Serge, Jakob Wassermann, and Alexander Radishchev. After him are P. G. Wodehouse, Javier Marías, A. E. van Vogt, John Tzetzes, Neil Gaiman, and Aelius Aristides.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Matthew Lewis ranks 16. Before him are Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Adam Albert von Neipperg, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Ching Shih, François-Adrien Boieldieu, and Étienne-Louis Malus. After him are Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Farkas Bolyai, Teréz Brunszvik, Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona, Bernhard Crusell, and Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger. Among people deceased in 1818, Matthew Lewis ranks 10. Before him are Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Maria Isabel of Braganza, and Johan Gottlieb Gahn. After him are Paul Revere, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Alexandre Pétion, Abigail Adams, and Heinrich Füger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Lewis ranks 971 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Chatterton (1752), Thomas Lawrence (1769), Ida Noddack (1896), Alma Reville (1899), John Boyd Orr (1880), and James Jeans (1877). After him are Victoria Beckham (1974), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), PJ Harvey (1969), Keith Moon (1946), Slash (1965), and Denholm Elliott (1922).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Matthew Lewis ranks 117. Before him are Arthur Hailey (1920), Samuel Pepys (1633), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Thomas Chatterton (1752), and Alma Reville (1899). After him are P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Neil Gaiman (1960), Lee Child (1954), Allan Pinkerton (1819), James Murray (1837), and Robert Browning (1812).

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