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William McGonagall

1825 - 1902

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William McGonagall (March 1825 – 29 September 1902) was a Scottish poet and public performer. He gained notoriety as an extremely bad poet who exhibited no recognition of, or concern for, his peers' opinions of his work. He wrote about 200 poems, including "The Tay Bridge Disaster" and "The Famous Tay Whale", which are widely regarded as some of the worst in English literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William McGonagall has received more than 856,153 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. William McGonagall is the 5,607th most popular writer (down from 4,839th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 222nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 19

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  • 3.52

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William McGonagall ranks 5,607 out of 7,302. Before him are James C. Collins, Mark Haddon, Domiziana Giordano, Rıfat Ilgaz, Judith Krantz, and Marie Kondo. After him are Gyula Juhász, Howard Ashman, Gunnel Vallquist, Sun Axelsson, Ferreira Gullar, and Agnes von Krusenstjerna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, William McGonagall ranks 79. Before him are Adelaide Anne Procter, Giuseppe Prinzi, Richard Maack, R. M. Ballantyne, A. P. Hill, and Francisco Antonino Vidal. After him are James Collinson, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, Francisco Linares Alcántara, James Skivring Smith, Albrecht Weber, and John Lawrence LeConte. Among people deceased in 1902, William McGonagall ranks 80. Before him are Walter Reed, Almon Brown Strowger, Franz Sigel, Lőrinc Schlauch, Juan Bautista Egusquiza, and Hans von Pechmann. After him are Ludwig von Brenner, Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg, John Henry Twachtman, Jimmy Ross, and Wade Hampton III.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William McGonagall ranks 258 out of 549. Before him are Andrew Scott (1976), Billy Whelan (1935), Owen Moore (1886), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), John Joly (1857), and Eoin O'Duffy (1890). After him are Derek Daly (1953), Liam Brady (1956), Victor Herbert (1859), Michael Scott (1959), Paddy Moloney (1938), and Eoin Colfer (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, William McGonagall ranks 36. Before him are Colm Tóibín (1955), Richard Steele (1672), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), George Moore (1852), and John Connolly (1968). After him are Michael Scott (1959), Eoin Colfer (1965), Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776), Colum McCann (1965), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), and Liam O'Flaherty (1896).

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