1825 - 1900
Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. He won acclaim for vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. Blackmore, often referred to as the "Last Victorian", was a pioneer of the movement in fiction that continued with Robert Louis Stevenson and others. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. D. Blackmore has received more than 156,336 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). R. D. Blackmore is the 5,934th most popular writer (down from 5,218th in 2019), the 5,384th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,664th in 2019) and the 606th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, R. D. Blackmore ranks 5,934 out of 5,755. Before him are Elizabeth Inchbald, Walter Besant, William Empson, Emma Willard, Russell Simmons, and Ramon Solsona i Sancho. After him are Wladimir Kaminer, Coventry Patmore, Andrew Kevin Walker, Sarah Josepha Hale, Wayne C. Booth, and Nadav Lapid.
1753 - 1821
HPI: 38.65
Rank: 5,928
1836 - 1901
HPI: 38.62
Rank: 5,929
1906 - 1984
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 5,930
1787 - 1870
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 5,931
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.60
Rank: 5,932
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.59
Rank: 5,933
1825 - 1900
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 5,934
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 5,935
1823 - 1896
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 5,936
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 5,937
1788 - 1879
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 5,938
1921 - 2005
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 5,939
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 5,940
Among people born in 1825, R. D. Blackmore ranks 83. Before him are Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, Francis James Child, James Skivring Smith, Henry Heth, William Spottiswoode, and Frances Harper. After him are Bayard Taylor and Newton Booth. Among people deceased in 1900, R. D. Blackmore ranks 82. Before him are Nicolae Crețulescu, Ali Shah Durrani, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Tomás Gomensoro Albín, Ernest Dowson, and George Grove. After him is Augustus Pitt Rivers.
1825 - 1908
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 77
1825 - 1896
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 78
1825 - 1892
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 79
1825 - 1899
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 80
1825 - 1883
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 81
1825 - 1911
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 82
1825 - 1900
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 83
1825 - 1878
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 84
1825 - 1892
HPI: 33.15
Rank: 85
1812 - 1900
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 76
1800 - 1900
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 77
1823 - 1900
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 78
1810 - 1900
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 79
1867 - 1900
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 80
1820 - 1900
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 81
1825 - 1900
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 82
1827 - 1900
HPI: 36.16
Rank: 83
Among people born in United Kingdom, R. D. Blackmore ranks 5,384 out of 7,765. Before him are Willie Watson (1920), Tamzin Merchant (1987), William Moseley (1987), Gerry Peyton (1956), Andrew Parrott (1947), and Arthur Lowe (1915). After him are Ken Bates (1931), Andy Powell (1950), James Callis (1971), Karl Shuker (1959), Coventry Patmore (1823), and Willie Applegarth (1890).
1920 - 2004
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 5,378
1987 - Present
HPI: 38.60
Rank: 5,379
1987 - Present
HPI: 38.59
Rank: 5,380
1956 - Present
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 5,381
1947 - Present
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 5,382
1915 - 1982
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 5,383
1825 - 1900
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 5,384
1931 - Present
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 5,385
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.56
Rank: 5,386
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.56
Rank: 5,387
1959 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 5,388
1823 - 1896
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 5,389
1890 - 1958
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 5,390
Among writers born in United Kingdom, R. D. Blackmore ranks 606. Before him are Charlotte Smith (1749), Henry Green (1905), Jasper Fforde (1961), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Walter Besant (1836), and William Empson (1906). After him are Coventry Patmore (1823), Naomi Mitchison (1897), Sophie Hannah (1971), Samuel Daniel (1562), Barry Unsworth (1930), and Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914).
1749 - 1806
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 600
1905 - 1973
HPI: 38.82
Rank: 601
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 602
1753 - 1821
HPI: 38.65
Rank: 603
1836 - 1901
HPI: 38.62
Rank: 604
1906 - 1984
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 605
1825 - 1900
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 606
1823 - 1896
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 607
1897 - 1999
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 608
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 609
1562 - 1619
HPI: 38.36
Rank: 610
1930 - 2012
HPI: 38.36
Rank: 611
1914 - 1981
HPI: 38.36
Rank: 612