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R. M. Ballantyne

1825 - 1894

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Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction, who wrote more than a hundred books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. M. Ballantyne has received more than 179,964 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). R. M. Ballantyne is the 5,333rd most popular writer (down from 4,731st in 2019), the 4,308th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,778th in 2019) and the 480th most popular British Writer.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.54

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 5,333 out of 5,755Before him are Brad Falchuk, Judy Blume, Hugh Walpole, Markus Zusak, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, and Elinor Glyn. After him are Peter Matthiessen, John Connolly, Remco Campert, Colm Tóibín, Katherine Pancol, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 71Before him are Anton Heinrich Springer, William McGonagall, Aleksey Pleshcheyev, George Inness, John Lawrence LeConte, and A. P. Hill. After him are Benjamin Mountfort, Albrecht Weber, Francisco Antonino Vidal, Adelaide Anne Procter, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, and Ludwig Carl Christian Koch. Among people deceased in 1894, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 81Before him are Kitamura Tokoku, Lobengula, George Inness, John Sparrow David Thompson, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, and Svend Foyn. After him are José Eugenio Ellauri, Nathaniel P. Banks, George Peter Alexander Healy, and George Stoneman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 4,308 out of 7,765Before him are Jimmy Armfield (1935), George Peacock (1791), Harry Mallin (1892), Ernest Mangnall (1866), Mortimer Wheeler (1890), and A. V. Dicey (1835). After him are Polly Walker (1966), John André (1750), Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), Tom Clarke (1858), Leslie Johnson (1912), and Jimmy Murphy (1910).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 480Before him are Philippa Pearce (1920), Leigh Hunt (1784), David Mitchell (1969), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), David Garnett (1892), and Anthony Powell (1905). After him are Abraham Cowley (1618), Nicholas Evans (1950), Martin Litchfield West (1937), Thomas Campbell (1777), Piers Anthony (1934), and Stephen Leacock (1869).