WRITER

Robert Kerr

1755 - 1813

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Robert Kerr (20 October 1757 – 11 October 1813) was a Scottish surgeon, writer on scientific and other subjects, and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Kerr has received more than 24,479 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Kerr is the 3,436th most popular writer (up from 4,235th in 2019), the 2,467th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,136th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 51.71

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Kerr ranks 3,436 out of 7,302Before him are Natallia Arsiennieva, René Barjavel, Erik Gustaf Geijer, Nobuko Yoshiya, Booker T. Washington, and Betty Mahmoody. After him are Alberto Savinio, Nikola Vaptsarov, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Andrey Piontkovsky, Zulfiya, and Ennin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Robert Kerr ranks 36Before him are Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Gilbert Stuart, Fausto Elhuyar, Anacharsis Cloots, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, and Sarah Siddons. After him are Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Stanisław Staszic, Abol-Fath Khan Zand, Dorothea Viehmann, Nicolas Fuss, and Jean Louis Marie Poiret. Among people deceased in 1813, Robert Kerr ranks 29Before him are Johann Christian Reil, Anton Bernolák, Anton Graff, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Maria Caterina Brignole, and Jacques Delille. After him are Theodor Körner, Edmund Randolph, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, Benjamin Rush, Robert R. Livingston, and Sophronius of Vratsa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Kerr ranks 2,467 out of 8,785Before him are Roy Harrod (1900), Peter Frampton (1950), George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799), Benedict Biscop (628), Sydney Chapman (1888), and Richard Marquand (1937). After him are David Bailey (1938), Paul Smith (1946), Geoff Bent (1932), John Alcock (1892), Mary Ann Bevan (1874), and Sally Hawkins (1976).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Kerr ranks 283Before him are Charles Lamb (1775), John Henry Mackay (1864), Grace Elliott (1754), J. B. Priestley (1894), John Osborne (1929), and John Evelyn (1620). After him are David C. H. Austin (1926), Andrew Lang (1844), William Cowper (1731), Henri Alleg (1921), Edwin Arnold (1832), and Leslie Stephen (1832).