MUSICIAN

William Primrose

1904 - 1982

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William Primrose CBE (23 August 1904 – 1 May 1982) was a Scottish violist and teacher. He performed with the London String Quartet from 1930 to 1935. He then joined the NBC Symphony Orchestra where he formed the Primrose Quartet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Primrose has received more than 97,827 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Primrose is the 1,672nd most popular musician (down from 1,236th in 2019), the 4,290th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,279th in 2019) and the 270th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of William Primroses by language

Over the past year William Primrose has had the most page views in the with 10,636 views, followed by Japanese (2,157), and German (1,104). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (76.70%), Finnish (34.77%), and Hungarian (25.77%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, William Primrose ranks 1,672 out of 3,175. Before him are Peter Hook, Christopher Franke, Jake E. Lee, Jim Gordon, Steve Clark, and Jānis Cimze. After him are Mary Wilson, José Antonio Labordeta, John Michael Talbot, Vinnie Moore, Nick Jonas, and Robert Del Naja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, William Primrose ranks 286. Before him are Francisco Garza Gutiérrez, Antero Kivi, Vladimir Makogonov, Anton Janda, Arthur F. Burns, and Henry Dreyfuss. After him are Phil Harris, Paul Van den Broeck, Mayo Methot, Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Marcel Capelle, and Tinoco. Among people deceased in 1982, William Primrose ranks 234. Before him are Max de Terra, Salvador Sánchez, Iryna Vilde, Reta Shaw, Arturo Rodríguez, and Lamberto Dalla Costa. After him are Ben Nicholson, Phyllis Covell, Ruth First, Boris Chirkov, Marty Robbins, and James Broderick.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Primrose ranks 4,290 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Alleyn (1566), Steve Clark (1960), Terry George (1952), Aubrey de Grey (1963), Samuel Arnold (1740), and Clive Brook (1887). After him are Ben Nicholson (1894), George Lillo (1691), Paul McGann (1959), Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), James Wilson (1805), and Adebayo Akinfenwa (1982).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, William Primrose ranks 270. Before him are Mick Avory (1944), Richey Edwards (1967), Glenn Cornick (1947), Alex Turner (1986), Peter Hook (1956), and Steve Clark (1960). After him are Robert Del Naja (1966), Barbara Thompson (1944), Johnny Marr (1963), Pino Palladino (1957), Jarvis Cocker (1963), and Boz Burrell (1946).

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