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Morgan Robertson

1861 - 1915

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Morgan Andrew Robertson (September 30, 1861 - March 24, 1915) was an American author of short stories and novels, and the self-proclaimed inventor of the periscope. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morgan Robertson has received more than 364,489 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Morgan Robertson is the 3,352nd most popular writer (down from 2,178th in 2019), the 4,260th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,831st in 2019) and the 355th most popular American Writer.

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  • 51.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Morgan Robertson ranks 3,352 out of 7,302Before him are Isaac Casaubon, Cornelis Tromp, Valerius Antias, John Ford, Karl Ove Knausgård, and Eysteinn Erlendsson. After him are Bernardo Guimarães, Carmen Laforet, Rhianus, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Al-A'sha, and Rose Wilder Lane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Morgan Robertson ranks 89Before him are Prafulla Chandra Ray, Karl Groos, Paul Ranson, Nasreddine Dinet, Curt von Bardeleben, and Jacques-Émile Blanche. After him are Saovabha Phongsri, Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, Robert T. A. Innes, József Rippl-Rónai, Makino Nobuaki, and Lucien Simon. Among people deceased in 1915, Morgan Robertson ranks 68Before him are Adolphe Pégoud, Arthur Hughes, Eugène Jansson, Serafino Vannutelli, Ruben Sevak, and Emil Rathenau. After him are Stojan Novaković, Fanny Crosby, Booker T. Washington, Pascual Orozco, Louis Pergaud, and Daniel Giraud Elliot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Morgan Robertson ranks 4,260 out of 20,380Before him are Jordan Rudess (1956), Beatrice Straight (1914), James Gunn (1966), Eric Carmen (1949), Roy Rogers (1911), and Chris Hardwick (1971). After him are Connie Booth (1944), Wallace Beery (1885), Richie Havens (1941), Joseph A. Walker (1921), William Forsythe (1949), and Clara Barton (1821).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Morgan Robertson ranks 355Before him are Edward Bellamy (1850), Gregory Benford (1941), Willa Cather (1873), Wallace Stevens (1879), Douglas Preston (1956), and Robert McKee (1941). After him are Rose Wilder Lane (1886), Fanny Crosby (1820), Spencer Johnson (1938), David Eddings (1931), Joyce Meyer (1943), and Booker T. Washington (1856).