WRITER

Robert Hugh Benson

1871 - 1914

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Robert Hugh Benson AFSC KC*SG KGCHS (18 November 1871 – 19 October 1914) was an English Catholic priest and writer. First an Anglican priest, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1903 and ordained therein the next year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Hugh Benson has received more than 230,583 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Hugh Benson is the 4,956th most popular writer (down from 3,704th in 2019), the 3,608th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,718th in 2019) and the 414th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Come Rack! Come Rope!
History, Fiction, Catholic Church
1912
The Necromancers
1909
Lord of the World
Accessible book, Utopias
1908
The dawn of all
Utopias
1911
Oddsfish!
Fiction, History
1914
The king's achievement
Fiction, History
1905

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Hugh Benson ranks 4,956 out of 7,302. Before him are Mari Jungstedt, Michel Tremblay, František Halas, Paula Fox, Alain Bosquet, and Pat Barker. After him are Henry Monnier, Alexander Vampilov, Eben Alexander, Vesna Parun, Kostas Varnalis, and Nestor Kukolnik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Robert Hugh Benson ranks 126. Before him are Federigo Enriques, Ernst Stromer, Dun Karm Psaila, Florence R. Sabin, Johan Anker, and Constantin Argetoianu. After him are Frank Schlesinger, Jan Kotěra, Manuel Franco, Stijn Streuvels, Louis Perrée, and Emmanuel Foulon. Among people deceased in 1914, Robert Hugh Benson ranks 118. Before him are Kitty Lange Kielland, Ernst Stadler, Eugène Balme, Eugenio Montero Ríos, Georg von Kopp, and Harry Rosenbusch. After him are Constantine V of Constantinople, Joshua Chamberlain, John Philip Holland, Daniel De Leon, Jakub Arbes, and Gijsbert van Tienhoven.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Hugh Benson ranks 3,608 out of 8,785. Before him are Phil Neal (1951), Ken Stott (1954), Bill Roberts (1912), Pat Barker (1943), Jimmy White (1962), and Aldhelm (639). After him are Robert Douglas (1909), Louis Fraser (1810), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), Mary Moser (1744), Frederic G. Kenyon (1863), and Una O'Connor (1880).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Hugh Benson ranks 414. Before him are Jonathan Coe (1961), Richard Bentley (1662), Sam Houser (1972), Piers Anthony (1934), Amelia Edwards (1831), and Pat Barker (1943). After him are Thomas Dekker (1572), Richard Hughes (1900), A. E. Housman (1859), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), Eleanor Farjeon (1881), and Margery Kempe (1373).

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