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William Muir

1819 - 1905

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Sir William Muir (27 April 1819 – 11 July 1905) was a Scottish Orientalist, and colonial administrator, Principal of the University of Edinburgh and Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces of British India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Muir has received more than 215,324 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Muir is the 5,449th most popular writer, the 4,143rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 466th most popular British Writer.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Muir ranks 5,449 out of 7,302. Before him are Aquilino Ribeiro, Milan Rúfus, Lukas Moodysson, Kate Atkinson, John Antoine Nau, and John Varley. After him are Jacques-Pierre Amette, Roger Hargreaves, Stratis Myrivilis, Antonio Gamoneda, Jorge de Sena, and Fedde Schurer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, William Muir ranks 90. Before him are Charles Piazzi Smyth, José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, Julia Ward Howe, William Powell Frith, Ion Emanuel Florescu, and Joaquín Jovellar y Soler. After him are Joseph Bazalgette, Yuri Samarin, Yakov Polonsky, Monier Monier-Williams, Alexander Melville Bell, and George Salmon. Among people deceased in 1905, William Muir ranks 90. Before him are Lev Lagorio, Gyula Szapáry, Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde, Mabel Cahill, Robert Whitehead, and Enoch Sontonga. After him are Alexander Melville Bell, Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl, Lizardo Montero Flores, Vjenceslav Novak, Fitzhugh Lee, and John Henninger Reagan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Muir ranks 4,143 out of 8,785. Before him are Eanflæd (626), Kate Atkinson (1951), Catharine Macaulay (1731), Lily James (1989), Archie Stark (1897), and William Kirby (1759). After him are Ireen Sheer (1949), Roger Hargreaves (1935), Herbert Baddeley (1872), Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), Mike Summerbee (1942), and Thomas Phillips (1770).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Muir ranks 466. Before him are Olivia Manning (1908), Mary Sidney (1561), John Clare (1793), Dan Houser (1974), Richard Hoggart (1918), and Kate Atkinson (1951). After him are Roger Hargreaves (1935), John Marston (1576), Emilia Lanier (1569), Elizabeth Montagu (1718), Edward Rutherfurd (1948), and Bruno Heller (1960).

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