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WRITER

W. Somerset Maugham

1874 - 1965

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William Somerset Maugham ( MAWM; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German university. He became a medical student in London and qualified as a physician in 1897. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. Somerset Maugham has received more than 3,002,256 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). W. Somerset Maugham is the 383rd most popular writer (down from 232nd in 2019), the 447th most popular biography from France (down from 269th in 2019) and the 67th most popular French Writer.

W. Somerset Maugham is most famous for his short stories and his novel The Razor's Edge.

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  • 3.0M

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  • 68.19

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  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, W. Somerset Maugham ranks 383 out of 5,755. Before him are Ludovico Ariosto, Erich von Däniken, Sándor Márai, Tulsidas, Dan Brown, and Jo Nesbø. After him are Herta Müller, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, André Maurois, Henning Mankell, Ammianus Marcellinus, and Edmondo De Amicis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, W. Somerset Maugham ranks 17. Before him are Chaim Weizmann, Max Scheler, António Egas Moniz, Johannes Stark, Alexander Kolchak, and Carl Bosch. After him are Sunjong of Korea, Gertrude Stein, G. K. Chesterton, Ernest Shackleton, Nikolai Berdyaev, and Talaat Pasha. Among people deceased in 1965, W. Somerset Maugham ranks 10. Before him are Albert Schweitzer, Syngman Rhee, Farouk of Egypt, Martin Buber, Stan Laurel, and Eli Cohen. After him are Louise Mountbatten, Edward Victor Appleton, Maxime Weygand, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, and T. S. Eliot.

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In France

Among people born in France, W. Somerset Maugham ranks 447 out of 6,011. Before him are Marie Louise d’Orléans (1662), Jean Fouquet (1420), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Carloman I (751), Gaspard II de Coligny (1519), and Charles Richet (1850). After him are Théodore Rousseau (1812), Jean Lannes (1769), Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), André Derain (1880), Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786), and André Maurois (1885).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, W. Somerset Maugham ranks 67. Before him are Jean Genet (1910), Alphonse Daudet (1840), Henri Charrière (1906), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Théophile Gautier (1811), and Auguste Escoffier (1847). After him are André Maurois (1885), Hector Malot (1830), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Louis Aragon (1897), and Louise de La Vallière (1644).

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