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William Cullen Bryant

1794 - 1878

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William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry early in his life. In 1825, Bryant relocated to New York City, where he became an editor of two major newspapers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Cullen Bryant has received more than 658,705 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). William Cullen Bryant is the 4,486th most popular writer (up from 4,554th in 2019), the 6,293rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,794th in 2019) and the 508th most popular American Writer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

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  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Cullen Bryant ranks 4,486 out of 5,755. Before him are Aagje Deken, Besiki, Philippe Claudel, Balamani Amma, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and Florian Ceynowa. After him are Anna Maria Lenngren, Ramón J. Sender, Mahmud Taymur, Riichi Yokomitsu, Lucius Shepard, and Erlend Loe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, William Cullen Bryant ranks 51. Before him are Carl Joseph Begas, Achille Richard, Umihana Čuvidina, Heinrich Boie, Gabriel Antonio Pereira, and Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal. After him are Miklós Jósika, Sabin Berthelot, Antoine Bussy, Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Edward Everett, and George Grote. Among people deceased in 1878, William Cullen Bryant ranks 49. Before him are Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, Eugène Belgrand, Andrew Scott Waugh, Joaquín Mosquera, and Roberto de Visiani. After him are Manuel Pardo, William M. Tweed, Nicolae Golescu, Palladius, Thomas Thomson, and George Back.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Cullen Bryant ranks 6,293 out of 18,182. Before him are Peter Tork (1942), Albert Dekker (1905), Larry Nassar (1963), Sarah Childress Polk (1803), Richard Bong (1920), and Randy Brecker (1945). After him are Judd Nelson (1959), Paul H. O'Neill (1935), William E. Thornton (1929), Gary Gygax (1938), John Podesta (1949), and Christopher Judge (1964).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Cullen Bryant ranks 508. Before him are Louis Bromfield (1896), Irving Wallace (1916), Marilyn French (1929), James Dashner (1972), James Agee (1909), and Leo Buscaglia (1924). After him are Lucius Shepard (1943), Jane Bowles (1917), Lydia Davis (1947), Helen Thomas (1920), Alan Dean Foster (1946), and Francis Davis Millet (1848).

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