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W. S. Gilbert

1836 - 1911

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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas. The most famous of these include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. The popularity of these works was supported for over a century by year-round performances of them, in Britain and abroad, by the repertory company that Gilbert, Sullivan and their producer Richard D'Oyly Carte founded, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. S. Gilbert has received more than 768,964 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). W. S. Gilbert is the 4,594th most popular writer (down from 4,375th in 2019), the 3,455th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,350th in 2019) and the 394th most popular British Writer.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

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  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, W. S. Gilbert ranks 4,594 out of 5,755Before him are John O'Hara, Alexander Abusch, Nikolai Klyuev, William of Poitiers, James E. Gunn, and Jaroslav Pelikan. After him are Pierre Daninos, Dora Gabe, Irena Veisaitė, Wang Meng, Régine Deforges, and George du Maurier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, W. S. Gilbert ranks 63Before him are Ferdinand Monoyer, Robert Swinhoe, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Adolf Schwarz, Isabella Beeton, and Jay Gould. After him are Casimir de Candolle, John W. Foster, Greene Vardiman Black, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, and Tekle Giyorgis II. Among people deceased in 1911, W. S. Gilbert ranks 65Before him are Edwin Austin Abbey, Antonio Fogazzaro, Carolina Coronado, Carrie Nation, Christian Lundeberg, and Dragan Tsankov. After him are Ernst Brenner, Vassily Maximov, William McGregor, Anton Josef Gruscha, Marc Delafontaine, and Pedro Paterno.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, W. S. Gilbert ranks 3,455 out of 7,765Before him are Jesse Lingard (1992), Anthony D. Smith (1939), Flora Sandes (1876), Albert Hill (1889), Hayley Mills (1946), and John Richardson (1787). After him are George W. Campbell (1769), Nigel Kennedy (1956), Harry Brearley (1871), Anthony Andrews (1948), Anna Massey (1937), and Frank Hadow (1855).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, W. S. Gilbert ranks 394Before him are Peter F. Hamilton (1960), John Gower (1330), Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Richard Bentley (1662), Brian Lumley (1937), and Eleanor Farjeon (1881). After him are Elizabeth Goudge (1900), Len Deighton (1929), Edith Sitwell (1887), Cynewulf (900), Margery Allingham (1904), and John Lyly (1554).