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Robert G. Ingersoll

1833 - 1899

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Robert Green Ingersoll (; August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899), nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert G. Ingersoll has received more than 677,220 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert G. Ingersoll is the 4,343rd most popular writer (down from 2,957th in 2019), the 5,796th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,874th in 2019) and the 468th most popular American Writer.

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  • 56.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert G. Ingersoll ranks 4,343 out of 7,302. Before him are Connie Willis, Yurii Andrukhovych, Moacyr Scliar, Andrew Marvell, Larry Collins, and Pherecrates. After him are William Thoms, Adela Zamudio, Dương Thu Hương, Ladislav Fuks, Daniil Granin, and Castro Alves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Robert G. Ingersoll ranks 61. Before him are Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, François Perrier, Manuel Amador Guerrero, Gustaf Åkerhielm, Hortense Schneider, and Géza Fejérváry. After him are Artur Hazelius, Baron Karl von Hasenauer, Cándido Bareiro, John Houlding, Frederick Guthrie, and Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla. Among people deceased in 1899, Robert G. Ingersoll ranks 63. Before him are Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Lascăr Catargiu, Constant Fornerod, Heymann Steinthal, Ernest Renshaw, and Johann Köler. After him are Jacob Maris, Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn, Zsófia Torma, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Teuku Umar, and Klaus Groth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert G. Ingersoll ranks 5,796 out of 20,380. Before him are Gil Scott-Heron (1949), Josh Lucas (1971), Kenneth Arnold (1915), Larry Collins (1929), Louis Abell (1884), and Jason Beghe (1960). After him are James Read (1953), Salmon P. Chase (1808), Paul Gilbert (1966), Jonah Falcon (1970), Ronald McNair (1950), and Mary Ellen Mark (1940).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert G. Ingersoll ranks 468. Before him are Ivanka Trump (1981), Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), Mike Resnick (1942), Helen Prejean (1939), Connie Willis (1945), and Larry Collins (1929). After him are William Gaddis (1922), William Wharton (1925), Arthur Golden (1956), Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Norman Lear (1922), and David Baldacci (1960).

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