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Patrick Pearse

1879 - 1916

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Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse; Irish: Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Pearse has received more than 1,343,912 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Patrick Pearse is the 2,420th most popular writer (down from 2,396th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 98th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 53.62

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  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Patrick Pearse ranks 2,420 out of 5,755Before him are Paul Goodman, Cornelia Funke, Tian Han, Okakura Kakuzō, Jørgen Moe, and Jojo Moyes. After him are Jung Chang, Moses ibn Ezra, Asconius Pedianus, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Nikolay Kostomarov, and Mikołaj Rej.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Patrick Pearse ranks 86Before him are Aimo Cajander, Alan Gardiner, Dwight F. Davis, Vanessa Bell, Joe Hill, and Aleksandër Moisiu. After him are Joseph Canteloube, Sándor Garbai, Thành Thái, Carlos Chagas, Johan Nygaardsvold, and Guido Fubini. Among people deceased in 1916, Patrick Pearse ranks 74Before him are Saki, Marie Bracquemond, James Connolly, Roger Casement, George Huntington, and Ota Benga. After him are Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Higaonna Kanryō, Artúr Görgei, Oskar Backlund, Ferdinand Fellner, and Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Patrick Pearse ranks 93 out of 501Before him are Brenda Fricker (1945), Eliza Lynch (1833), Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883), Roger Casement (1864), Aidan Gillen (1968), and Constantine III of Scotland (971). After him are Arthur Guinness (1725), Edward Mulhare (1923), William Brown (1777), Saint Fiacre (607), Fiona Shaw (1958), and Edward Bransfield (1785).

Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Patrick Pearse ranks 18Before him are Ethel Voynich (1864), Thomas Moore (1779), Christy Brown (1932), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Charles Maturin (1780), and Oliver Goldsmith (1728). After him are John Banville (1945), Cornelius Ryan (1920), John Millington Synge (1871), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Brendan Behan (1923), and Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852).