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William Blake

1757 - 1827

William Blake

William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Blake has received more than 6,925,264 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2019). William Blake is the 130th most popular writer (up from 132nd in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 84th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Writer.

William Blake is most famous for his poetry and his paintings.

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6.9M
Page Views (PV)
81.15
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
90
Languages Editions (L)
7.49
Effective Languages (L*)
5.08
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Blake ranks 130 out of 5,794. Before him are Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Emily Brontë, Walter Scott, August Strindberg, and E. T. A. Hoffmann. After him are Carlo Collodi, Kālidāsa, Heinrich Böll, Boris Pasternak, Sully Prudhomme, and Günter Grass.

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Rudyard Kipling
1865 - 1936
HPI: 81.42
Rank: 124
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850 - 1894
HPI: 81.38
Rank: 125
Emily Brontë
1818 - 1848
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 126
Walter Scott
1771 - 1832
HPI: 81.23
Rank: 127
August Strindberg
1849 - 1912
HPI: 81.20
Rank: 128
E. T. A. Hoffmann
1776 - 1822
HPI: 81.16
Rank: 129
William Blake
1757 - 1827
HPI: 81.15
Rank: 130
Carlo Collodi
1826 - 1890
HPI: 81.14
Rank: 131
Kālidāsa
400 - 420
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 132
Heinrich Böll
1917 - 1985
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 133
Boris Pasternak
1890 - 1960
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 134
Sully Prudhomme
1839 - 1907
HPI: 81.04
Rank: 135
Günter Grass
1927 - 2015
HPI: 81.03
Rank: 136

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, William Blake ranks 2. Before him is Charles X of France. After him are Antonio Canova, Jacques Hébert, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Pierre Augereau, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Rigas Feraios, Ignaz Pleyel, and George Vancouver. Among people deceased in 1827, William Blake ranks 5. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven, Alessandro Volta, Pierre-Simon Laplace, and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. After him are Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, Wilhelm Hauff, Maria Theresa of Austria, Ugo Foscolo, Samuel Crompton, and George Canning.

Others Born in 1757

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Charles X of France
1757 - 1836
HPI: 82.78
Rank: 1
William Blake
1757 - 1827
HPI: 81.15
Rank: 2
Antonio Canova
1757 - 1822
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 3
Jacques Hébert
1757 - 1794
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 4
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
1757 - 1834
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 5
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
1757 - 1806
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 6
Pierre Augereau
1757 - 1816
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 7
Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf
1757 - 1831
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 8
Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
1757 - 1828
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 9
Rigas Feraios
1757 - 1798
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 10
Ignaz Pleyel
1757 - 1831
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 11
George Vancouver
1757 - 1798
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 12