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Robert Kerr

1755 - 1813

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Dr Robert Kerr FRSE FAS FRCSE (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 23,614 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Kerr is the 4,248th most popular writer (down from 3,354th in 2019), the 3,144th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,509th in 2019) and the 362nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 24k

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  • 47.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Kerr ranks 4,248 out of 5,755Before him are Steen Steensen Blicher, Johann Beckmann, Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Sophia Parnok, Clare Hollingworth, and Leopold Andrian. After him are Rod Serling, Mikhail Kheraskov, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Igor Severyanin, and Léon Damas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Robert Kerr ranks 39Before him are Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Stanisław Staszic, Gilbert Stuart, Fausto Elhuyar, Sarah Siddons, and Abol-Fath Khan Zand. After him are Nathan Hale, Jacques Labillardière, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Johann Christoph Wendland, Thomas Hardwicke, and William Bradford. Among people deceased in 1813, Robert Kerr ranks 33Before him are George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Theodor Körner, Edmund Randolph, Benjamin Rush, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, and Robert R. Livingston. After him are Sophronius of Vratsa, Alexander Wilson, James Wyatt, Peter Jacob Hjelm, Zebulon Pike, and Samuel Osgood.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Kerr ranks 3,144 out of 7,765Before him are Alexander McDonnell (1798), John D. Barrow (1952), Peter R. Hunt (1925), Bonnie Wright (1991), Stephen Gardiner (1497), and Clare Hollingworth (1911). After him are Everard Home (1756), Mal Evans (1935), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844), Steve Marriott (1947), Don Revie (1927), and Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Kerr ranks 362Before him are Anthony Hope (1863), Norman Smith (1923), Mary Stewart (1916), Tanith Lee (1947), Christiane Amanpour (1958), and Clare Hollingworth (1911). After him are Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844), Alan Bennett (1934), Thomas Middleton (1580), Stephen Baxter (1957), Amelia Edwards (1831), and Bob Shaw (1931).