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Robbie Ross

1869 - 1918

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Robert Baldwin Ross (25 May 1869 – 5 October 1918) was a British journalist, art critic and art dealer, best known for his relationship with Oscar Wilde, to whom he was a devoted friend and literary executor. A grandson of the Canadian reform leader Robert Baldwin, and son of John Ross and Augusta Elizabeth Baldwin, Ross was a pivotal figure on the London literary and artistic scene from the mid-1890s to his early death, and mentored several literary figures, including Siegfried Sassoon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robbie Ross has received more than 709,630 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robbie Ross is the 55th most popular journalist (down from 47th in 2019), the 3,609th most popular biography from France (down from 3,026th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Journalist.

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  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Robbie Ross ranks 55 out of 196. Before him are Edward R. Murrow, Marion Dönhoff, Mauricio Funes, Sue Gardner, Yuri Bezmenov, and Kazimierz Nowak. After him are Daphne Caruana Galizia, Francesco Alberoni, William Wilson, Bill Brandt, Plínio Salgado, and Selma Rıza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Robbie Ross ranks 97. Before him are Harvey Cushing, Albert Kahn, Edwin Lutyens, Hendrikus Colijn, Boris Rosing, and Augusto Tasso Fragoso. After him are Kijirō Nambu, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Józef Mehoffer, Johannes Linnankoski, Armas Järnefelt, and Dmitri Egorov. Among people deceased in 1918, Robbie Ross ranks 115. Before him are Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Malak Hifni Nasif, William Hope Hodgson, George Lawrence Price, and Albert Ballin. After him are Peter Rosegger, Margit Kaffka, Ulisse Dini, Alexander Protopopov, Henry Adams, and Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robbie Ross ranks 3,609 out of 6,770. Before him are Sébastien Vaillant (1669), Peter of Bruys (1095), Adolphe d'Archiac (1802), Roger Carel (1927), Patrick Strzoda (1952), and Robert Garnier (1534). After him are Louis Boyer (1901), Alphonse Beau de Rochas (1815), Josiane Balasko (1950), Maxime Bossis (1955), Honoré Charles Reille (1775), and Alfred Perot (1863).

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Among JOURNALISTS In France

Among journalists born in France, Robbie Ross ranks 7. Before him are François-Noël Babeuf (1760), Robert Guérin (1876), Victor Noir (1848), Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), François Mignet (1796), and Vladimir Posner (1934). After him are Bernard Pivot (1935), Pierre Brossolette (1903), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Catherine Leroy (1944), Daniel Schneidermann (1958), and Rémi Ochlik (1983).

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