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William Carlos Williams

1883 - 1963

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William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet, writer, and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. In addition to writing, Williams was a physician practicing both pediatrics and general medicine. He was affiliated with Passaic General Hospital, where he served as the hospital's chief of pediatrics from 1924 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Carlos Williams has received more than 1,419,842 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. William Carlos Williams is the 1,481st most popular writer (down from 1,122nd in 2019), the 1,881st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,290th in 2019) and the 176th most popular American Writer.

Williams is most famous for his poetry and his novels. He was also a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Berkeley.

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  • 57.80

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Carlos Williams ranks 1,481 out of 5,755. Before him are Ion Creangă, Jack Vance, Ildefonsus, Károly Kerényi, Akka Mahadevi, and Gunnar Gunnarsson. After him are Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Michel Verne, Maria Valtorta, Hugo Claus, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, William Carlos Williams ranks 68. Before him are Prince Konrad of Bavaria, Mauritz Stiller, Gusztáv Jány, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Fritz Gerlich, and Lauri Kristian Relander. After him are Alfredo Casella, Ernest Ansermet, Ichirō Hatoyama, Ivan Ilyin, Karl von Terzaghi, and Bogdan Filov. Among people deceased in 1963, William Carlos Williams ranks 42. Before him are Pedro Armendáriz, Karl Bühler, Piero Manzoni, William Beveridge, Alois Hudal, and Princess Alexandra of Hanover. After him are W. E. B. Du Bois, Sivananda Saraswati, Eduard Spranger, Karl von Terzaghi, Remedios Varo, and Sylvanus Olympio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Carlos Williams ranks 1,881 out of 18,182. Before him are Pontiac (1714), Ray Conniff (1916), Larry Scott (1938), Olympia Dukakis (1931), Aaron Spelling (1923), and George Strait (1952). After him are Jonathan Edwards (1703), Lee Grant (1927), Paul Schrader (1946), John Hancock (1737), Dick York (1928), and John Mauchly (1907).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Carlos Williams ranks 176. Before him are Ira Levin (1929), Dorothy Parker (1893), Tom Wolfe (1930), Rick Riordan (1964), Philip José Farmer (1918), and Jack Vance (1916). After him are Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Nicholas Sparks (1965), Gore Vidal (1925), David Woodard (1964), Upton Sinclair (1878), and Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930).

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