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William Hazlitt

1778 - 1830

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William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Hazlitt has received more than 891,380 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). William Hazlitt is the 3,863rd most popular writer (up from 4,082nd in 2019), the 2,772nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,003rd in 2019) and the 314th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Table talk
Manners and customs
1821
The spirit of the age
Biography, English Poets, English literatire
1825
Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine
Cookery, Bibliography, History
1886
Selected essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830
1930
Lectures on the English comic writers
History and criticism, English literature, English wit and humor
1819
The collected works of William Hazlitt
1902

Page views of William Hazlitts by language

Over the past year William Hazlitt has had the most page views in the with 106,299 views, followed by Italian (5,680), and Spanish (4,692). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (71.23%), Welsh (64.69%), and Catalan (50.60%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Hazlitt ranks 3,863 out of 7,302. Before him are Attilâ İlhan, Sven Lindqvist, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Herman Wouk, and Claude Favre de Vaugelas. After him are Ari Behn, Yosef Haim Brenner, Grigor Parlichev, Johann Baptist Allgaier, Margaret Weis, and Fleur Jaeggy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, William Hazlitt ranks 36. Before him are Joseph Lancaster, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac, Carl Ludwig Koch, Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko, Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, and Joseph Aspdin. After him are Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, Georg Anton Friedrich Ast, Mariano Moreno, Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, and Joseph Grimaldi. Among people deceased in 1830, William Hazlitt ranks 26. Before him are Swaminarayan, Pierre Rode, Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Elizabeth Monroe, Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, and Marcos Portugal. After him are Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, Jan Śniadecki, Ignaz Schuppanzigh, José de la Mar, William Huskisson, and József Katona.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Hazlitt ranks 2,772 out of 8,785. Before him are Tom Hollander (1967), Joely Richardson (1965), G. I. Taylor (1886), Joseph Aspdin (1778), Ceol of Wessex (600), and Tony Brise (1952). After him are Andrew Smith (1797), Henry of Scotland (1115), James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811), Sally Potter (1949), Lennie James (1965), and Ray Davies (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Hazlitt ranks 314. Before him are Eric Ambler (1909), Richard Hammond (1969), Francis Beaumont (1584), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), and Minette Walters (1949). After him are Arthur Waley (1889), William Congreve (1670), Christiane Amanpour (1958), Nevil Shute (1899), James Allen (1864), and Joan Aiken (1924).

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