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William Dean Howells

1837 - 1920

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William Dean Howells ( HOW-əlz; March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Dean Howells has received more than 428,547 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). William Dean Howells is the 4,974th most popular writer (down from 4,625th in 2019), the 6,954th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,628th in 2019) and the 556th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Dean Howells ranks 4,974 out of 7,302. Before him are Frank Belknap Long, Jean Cayrol, Gavino Ledda, Vasily Yan, Richard Hughes, and Jakob van Hoddis. After him are Umihana Čuvidina, A. E. Housman, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, Klabund, Günter Kunert, and Jan Kasprowicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, William Dean Howells ranks 97. Before him are Carl Koldewey, Georg von Kopp, Władysław Żeleński, Joseph Schröter, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau, and Leo Königsberger. After him are Petre P. Carp, Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, Nikolai Bugaev, Pedro Varela, Karl Mauch, and Peter Lesgaft. Among people deceased in 1920, William Dean Howells ranks 106. Before him are Aleksey Shakhmatov, Germanus V of Constantinople, Georgios Papasideris, William de Wiveleslie Abney, Ion Dragoumis, and Meri Mangakāhia. After him are Alberto Nepomuceno, Olive Schreiner, Horatio Caro, Robert Harron, Max Fürbringer, and Hermann Oldenberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Dean Howells ranks 6,954 out of 20,380. Before him are Lana Rhoades (1996), Bill de Blasio (1961), Jason Sudeikis (1975), Doris Eaton Travis (1904), Jimmy Ellis (1940), and Jess McMahon (1882). After him are James C. Adamson (1946), James Best (1926), Gladys West (1930), Frank Schlesinger (1871), Roger B. Taney (1777), and Heather Thomas (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Dean Howells ranks 556. Before him are Edmund Wilson (1895), Mark Frost (1953), Mary Oliver (1935), Paula Fox (1923), Eben Alexander (1953), and Frank Belknap Long (1901). After him are Kenneth Copeland (1936), Sidney Howard (1891), Joanna Russ (1937), Paul Theroux (1941), William Gibson (1914), and Chris Van Allsburg (1949).

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