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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 411,620 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 22 in 2019). Rufus Wilmot Griswold is the 5,238th most popular writer (down from 4,839th in 2019), the 8,191st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,792nd in 2019) and the 654th most popular American Writer.

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  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rufus Wilmot Griswold ranks 5,238 out of 5,755. Before him are Ágnes Gergely, Martín Luis Guzmán, Vsevolod Vishnevsky, Xosé María Díaz Castro, Darya Dontsova, and Daniel Tammet. After him are Dmitri Prigov, Ibrahim Kuni, Joanne Harris, Ma Jian, Conrad Hall, and Mateja Matevski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Rufus Wilmot Griswold ranks 75. Before him are Henry Halleck, James Legge, Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Daniel Bashiel Warner, and Athanasios Miaoulis. After him are William J. Hardee, Edward James Roye, Andrew Jackson Downing, James Seddon, Hablot Knight Browne, and Richard Henry Dana Jr.. Among people deceased in 1857, Rufus Wilmot Griswold ranks 54. Before him are Stefano Franscini, Johann Friedrich Naumann, Karol Kurpiński, Johann Jakob Heckel, Gulab Singh, and Louis McLane. After him are Elisha Kent Kane, William L. Marcy, David Thompson, and Nasir-ud-Daulah.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rufus Wilmot Griswold ranks 8,191 out of 18,182. Before him are Michael McDonald (1952), James Stacy (1936), Harry Warren (1893), Lyle Lovett (1957), Bob Mathias (1930), and Mary Whiton Calkins (1863). After him are William Alexander Morgan (1928), Joseph Keller (1923), Beth Grant (1949), John Paul Stevens (1920), James C. Adamson (1946), and John Ostrom (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Rufus Wilmot Griswold ranks 654. Before him are Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Robinson Jeffers (1887), Diana Der Hovanessian (1934), Earl Derr Biggers (1884), Barbara Ehrenreich (1941), and Paddy Chayefsky (1923). After him are Rebecca Solnit (1961), Rick Warren (1954), Joe Hill (1972), Lin Carter (1930), Kevin Kelly (1952), and Damon Runyon (1880).

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