1839 - 1894
Walter Horatio Pater (4 August 1839 – 30 July 1894) was an English essayist, art and literary critic, and fiction writer, regarded as one of the great stylists. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Pater has received more than 541,961 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Pater is the 2,815th most popular writer (down from 2,579th in 2019), the 2,117th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,951st in 2019) and the 239th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Walter Pater ranks 2,815 out of 5,755. Before him are Jean Ray, Miguel Torga, Józef Czapski, Fatma Aliye Topuz, Giovanni Pontano, and Leon Uris. After him are Francis Ponge, Ouida, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Abdullah Abdul Kadir, Andre Norton, and Lucia Berlin.
1887 - 1964
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 2,809
1907 - 1995
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,810
1896 - 1993
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,811
1862 - 1936
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,812
1426 - 1503
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,813
1924 - 2003
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,814
1839 - 1894
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,815
1899 - 1988
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 2,816
1839 - 1908
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 2,817
1875 - 1943
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 2,818
1796 - 1854
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 2,819
1912 - 2005
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2,820
1936 - 2004
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2,821
Among people born in 1839, Walter Pater ranks 42. Before him are Imre Steindl, Pavlo Chubynsky, Francis Garnier, Jane Morris, Hermann Hankel, and Pōmare V. After him are Ouida, Nikolai Linevich, Abdyl Frashëri, George Mary Searle, Bernardino Caballero, and Julius Petersen. Among people deceased in 1894, Walter Pater ranks 39. Before him are Władysław Czartoryski, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Heinrich Hoffmann, Auguste Vaillant, and Émile Henry. After him are Marietta Alboni, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, William Robertson Smith, William Waddington, Juventino Rosas, and Pavel Yablochkov.
1839 - 1902
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 36
1839 - 1884
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 37
1839 - 1873
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 38
1839 - 1914
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 39
1839 - 1873
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 40
1839 - 1891
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 41
1839 - 1894
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 42
1839 - 1908
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 43
1839 - 1908
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 44
1839 - 1892
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 45
1839 - 1918
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 46
1839 - 1912
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 47
1839 - 1910
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 48
1828 - 1894
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 33
1844 - 1894
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 34
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 35
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 36
1861 - 1894
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 37
1872 - 1894
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 38
1839 - 1894
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 39
1823 - 1894
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 40
1815 - 1894
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 41
1846 - 1894
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 42
1826 - 1894
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 43
1868 - 1894
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 44
1847 - 1894
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 45
Among people born in United Kingdom, Walter Pater ranks 2,117 out of 7,765. Before him are Mark Williams (1959), Thomas Wright (1711), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), Barbara Steele (1937), William Blackstone (1723), and Tommy Taylor (1932). After him are Charles Wesley (1707), Joseph Fiennes (1970), Ouida (1839), Tom Hollander (1967), Peter Frampton (1950), and Prince Henri of Orléans (1867).
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,111
1711 - 1786
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 2,112
1462 - 1487
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 2,113
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 2,114
1723 - 1780
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 2,115
1932 - 1958
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 2,116
1839 - 1894
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,117
1707 - 1788
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 2,118
1970 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 2,119
1839 - 1908
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 2,120
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2,121
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2,122
1867 - 1901
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2,123
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Walter Pater ranks 239. Before him are Max Beerbohm (1872), Angela Carter (1940), Samuel Smiles (1812), Anna Sewell (1820), John Wyndham (1903), and David Gemmell (1948). After him are Ouida (1839), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Edwin Arnold (1832), Ephraim Chambers (1680), Thomas Kyd (1558), and Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915).
1872 - 1956
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 233
1940 - 1992
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 234
1812 - 1904
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 235
1820 - 1878
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 236
1903 - 1969
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 237
1948 - 2006
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 238
1839 - 1894
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 239
1839 - 1908
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 240
1867 - 1901
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 241
1832 - 1904
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 242
1680 - 1740
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 243
1558 - 1594
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 244
1915 - 2011
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 245