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R. D. Blackmore

1825 - 1900

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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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  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In United Kingdom

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).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

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).

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