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William Ernest Henley

1849 - 1903

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William Ernest Henley (23 August 1849 – 11 July 1903) was a British poet, writer, critic and editor. Though he wrote several books of poetry, Henley is remembered most often for his 1875 poem "Invictus". A fixture in London literary circles, the one-legged Henley was an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's character Long John Silver (Treasure Island, 1883), while his young daughter Margaret Henley inspired J. M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Ernest Henley has received more than 1,006,548 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William Ernest Henley is the 3,078th most popular writer (down from 2,556th in 2019), the 2,245th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,947th in 2019) and the 258th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, William Ernest Henley ranks 3,078 out of 7,302. Before him are Abdulah Sidran, Arno Schmidt, Banjo Paterson, Robert Fisk, Antonio Fogazzaro, and Abbās al-Aqqād. After him are Yulian Semyonov, Sylvain Maréchal, Olena Teliha, Alexandros Papadiamantis, Viktor Yerofeyev, and Elia Levita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, William Ernest Henley ranks 58. Before him are Benjamin Godard, Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Fritz Mauthner, Jean Richepin, Mohammad Yaqub Khan, and Ruy Barbosa. After him are Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Edmund Barton, Luther Burbank, Nikolai Nebogatov, Albert Heim, and Olena Pchilka. Among people deceased in 1903, William Ernest Henley ranks 43. Before him are Alexander Bain, Luigi Cremona, Malwida von Meysenbug, Augusta Holmès, Harriet Lane, and Emily Warren Roebling. After him are Kusumoto Ine, Adrien Proust, Ozaki Kōyō, Tang Jingsong, Karl Gegenbaur, and Auguste Kerckhoffs.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Ernest Henley ranks 2,245 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Hughes (1832), Robert Fisk (1946), B. C. Forbes (1880), Ethel Muckelt (1885), James Harrington (1611), and Mick Box (1947). After him are Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889), Dion Fortune (1890), Henry Irving (1838), Jojo Moyes (1969), Rio Ferdinand (1978), and W. V. D. Hodge (1903).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Ernest Henley ranks 258. Before him are Michael Jackson (1942), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Alan Sillitoe (1928), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), and Robert Fisk (1946). After him are Jojo Moyes (1969), Ken Robinson (1950), Robert Harris (1957), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Ephraim Chambers (1680), and Hilary Mantel (1952).

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