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William Smith

1813 - 1893

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Sir William Smith (20 May 1813 – 7 October 1893) was an English lexicographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Smith has received more than 179,921 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. William Smith is the 2,692nd most popular writer (up from 3,020th in 2019), the 1,998th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,253rd in 2019) and the 221st most popular British Writer.

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  • 60.17

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Smith ranks 2,692 out of 7,302Before him are Alex Haley, Jean-François de La Harpe, David Lagercrantz, Giuseppe Giacosa, Horace McCoy, and Robert M. Pirsig. After him are Violette Leduc, Hildebert, Yi Kwang-su, Juliette Adam, George Tabori, and Maximilian Voloshin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, William Smith ranks 35Before him are Frédéric Ozanam, Pōmare IV, Pierre Alphonse Laurent, Agostino Depretis, Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, and Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. After him are Adolph Kolping, Alexander Parkes, Thomas Andrews, Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, Carl Jaenisch, and Charles Blanc. Among people deceased in 1893, William Smith ranks 40Before him are Julius Popper, Constantin von Wurzbach, Matsudaira Katamori, Anna Bilińska, Manuel González Flores, and Nikolai Zverev. After him are John Atkinson Grimshaw, Jacob Moleschott, Tivadar Puskás, Victor Schœlcher, Pierre Tirard, and Antonio Ghislanzoni.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Smith ranks 1,998 out of 8,785Before him are Robert Morley (1908), Colin Renfrew (1937), Dennis W. Sciama (1926), Tom Hiddleston (1981), George Mary Searle (1839), and John Kerr (1824). After him are Eric Woolfson (1945), John Butler Yeats (1839), Michael Dummett (1925), Joe Davis (1901), Unity Mitford (1914), and Chas Chandler (1938).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Smith ranks 221Before him are John Wyndham (1903), Frederick Marryat (1792), Mary Astell (1666), Tom Sharpe (1928), Edith Pargeter (1913), and Herbert Read (1893). After him are Peter James (1948), Marjorie Boulton (1924), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), Thomas Gray (1716), Thomas Kyd (1558), and Samuel Smiles (1812).