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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 169,775 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. William Smith is the 3,031st most popular writer (down from 2,624th in 2019), the 2,259th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,993rd in 2019) and the 261st most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Smith ranks 3,031 out of 5,755. Before him are Marie-Claire Blais, Robert M. Pirsig, Boris Pilnyak, Robert de Nola, Vladimir Sorokin, and Marcel Prévost. After him are Gunnar Ekelöf, Takeo Arishima, Boris Polevoy, Juliette Adam, Samad Behrangi, and Marie-Joseph Chénier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, William Smith ranks 41. Before him are Camilla Collett, Alexander Parkes, Thomas Andrews, Moritz Wagner, Ludwig Leichhardt, and Charles Blanc. After him are Carl Jaenisch, Stephen Heller, Antonio García Gutiérrez, Prince August of Württemberg, József Eötvös, and Jacob Georg Agardh. Among people deceased in 1893, William Smith ranks 42. Before him are Samuel Baker, Nikolai Zverev, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Anna Bilińska, Grigor Parlichev, and Princess Marguerite of Orléans. After him are Antonio Ghislanzoni, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Tivadar Puskás, Anton von Schmerling, Victor Schœlcher, and Concepción Arenal.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Smith ranks 2,259 out of 7,765. Before him are Rio Ferdinand (1978), Asma al-Assad (1975), George Cruikshank (1792), Cuthred of Wessex (750), Matthew Paris (1200), and Julian Bream (1933). After him are Hugh Hudson (1936), Fish (1958), Richard Chancellor (1521), Cædwalla of Wessex (659), Ben Barnes (1981), and Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Smith ranks 261. Before him are Michael Bond (1926), Caroline Graham (1931), John Brunner (1934), Charles Lamb (1775), Nick Hornby (1957), and Anthony Horowitz (1955). After him are Dodie Smith (1896), Richard Hammond (1969), Jack Higgins (1929), Winston Graham (1908), John Stott (1921), and Wilfred Owen (1893).

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