WRITER

William Harrison Ainsworth

1805 - 1882

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born at King Street in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him. While completing his legal studies in London he met the publisher John Ebers, at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Harrison Ainsworth has received more than 210,486 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. William Harrison Ainsworth is the 5,401st most popular writer (down from 4,787th in 2019), the 4,099th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,645th in 2019) and the 459th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Windsor Castle
Fiction, History, Windsor Castle
Historical romance dealing with the love story of Henry VIII with Anne Boleyn and his subsequent attachment to Jane Seymour. It is beautifully illustrated.
1843
Crichton
Fiction, History, Accessible book
1800
The tower of London
Accessible book, Dudley, Lady Jane, known as Lady Jane Grey, 1537-1554, Fiction
1840
The star-chamber
Fiction, History, Accessible book
1854
Jack Sheppard
Accessible book, Brigands and robbers, Fiction
1839
Old Saint Paul's
Fiction, Plague, Fires
1841

Page views of William Harrison Ainsworths by language

Over the past year William Harrison Ainsworth has had the most page views in the with 57,532 views, followed by German (3,805), and Russian (1,914). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Dutch (293.27%), German (258.96%), and English (179.54%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Harrison Ainsworth ranks 5,401 out of 7,302. Before him are Marie Belloc Lowndes, Ring Lardner, Aya Kitō, Elizabeth Hawley, José Carlos Somoza, and John Connolly. After him are Henry Roth, Kang Kyeong-ae, Ibrahim Kuni, Kristin Hannah, Kārlis Skalbe, and Mochtar Lubis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, William Harrison Ainsworth ranks 71. Before him are Robert Anderson, Rudolf Wagner, Tomás Villalba, Tomás Frías, Alexander Burnes, and Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg. After him are Samuel Palmer, James Wilson, Michael Sars, Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, Horatio Greenough, and Angelina Grimké. Among people deceased in 1882, William Harrison Ainsworth ranks 69. Before him are Charles Wyville Thomson, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Ion Andreescu, James Spriggs Payne, George Perkins Marsh, and William Barton Rogers. After him are James Challis, William Shanks, Francisco Javier Zaldúa, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, Nain Singh, and Thomas Romney Robinson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Harrison Ainsworth ranks 4,099 out of 8,785. Before him are Howard Stringer (1942), Colin Hay (1953), Jesse Ramsden (1735), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), Henry Taylor (1932), and Emily Blackwell (1826). After him are Walter Winterbottom (1913), Robert Newton (1905), George Larner (1875), Ashley Montagu (1905), Duncan Jones (1971), and David Pegg (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Harrison Ainsworth ranks 459. Before him are Aneirin (525), Ali Smith (1962), Richard Llewellyn (1906), Kim Newman (1959), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), and Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868). After him are Olivia Manning (1908), Mary Sidney (1561), John Clare (1793), Dan Houser (1974), Richard Hoggart (1918), and Kate Atkinson (1951).

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