WRITER

Rufus Wilmot Griswold

1815 - 1857

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Rufus Wilmot Griswold (February 13, 1815 – August 27, 1857) was an American anthologist, editor, poet, and critic. Born in Vermont, Griswold left home when he was 15 years old. He worked as a journalist, editor, and critic in Philadelphia, New York City, and elsewhere. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rufus Wilmot Griswold has received more than 449,199 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Rufus Wilmot Griswold is the 5,681st most popular writer (down from 5,219th in 2019), the 8,673rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,173rd in 2019) and the 668th most popular American Writer.

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  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rufus Wilmot Griswold ranks 5,681 out of 7,302. Before him are William Michael Rossetti, Ernest Dowson, Martin Litchfield West, You Xie, Alison Lurie, and Hugh Walpole. After him are Gwendolyn Brooks, Herberto Hélder, Cynthia McLeod, Lew Rockwell, Walter Moers, and Donald Richie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Rufus Wilmot Griswold ranks 80. Before him are Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Giovanni Caselli, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Athanasios Miaoulis, Otto von Böhtlingk, and Edward John Eyre. After him are Edward James Roye, Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, Howell Cobb, William J. Hardee, James Seddon, and Richard Henry Dana Jr.. Among people deceased in 1857, Rufus Wilmot Griswold ranks 57. Before him are Stefano Franscini, Manuel José Quintana, Karol Kurpiński, Louis McLane, Vasily Perovsky, and Gulab Singh. After him are William L. Marcy, Elisha Kent Kane, David Thompson, and Nasir-ud-Daulah.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rufus Wilmot Griswold ranks 8,673 out of 20,380. Before him are Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), Alison Lurie (1926), Kevin Dillon (1965), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Ray Anthony (1922), and Jack Wagner (1959). After him are Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Donald Regan (1918), Common (1972), Larry Drake (1950), Bill Hader (1978), and Karen Bass (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Rufus Wilmot Griswold ranks 668. Before him are MacKenzie Scott (1970), William Blum (1933), Michael Shermer (1954), Kevin Kelly (1952), Edmund White (1940), and Alison Lurie (1926). After him are Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Lew Rockwell (1944), Donald Richie (1924), John Holt (1923), Earl Derr Biggers (1884), and Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923).

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