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William Thoms

1803 - 1885

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William John Thoms (16 November 1803 – 15 August 1885) was a British writer credited with coining the term "folklore" in 1846. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Thoms has received more than 96,919 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Thoms is the 4,343rd most popular writer, the 3,110th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 349th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 97k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Thoms ranks 4,343 out of 7,302. Before him are Yurii Andrukhovych, Moacyr Scliar, Andrew Marvell, Larry Collins, Pherecrates, and Robert G. Ingersoll. After him are Adela Zamudio, Dương Thu Hương, Ladislav Fuks, Daniil Granin, Castro Alves, and Francisco Umbral.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, William Thoms ranks 57. Before him are Bernardo Berro, Vladimir Odoyevsky, Caroline Unger, Martinus Rørbye, Dimitrios Voulgaris, and Miles Joseph Berkeley. After him are Black Kettle, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Gustav von Alvensleben, Sarah Childress Polk, Albert Küchler, and Johann Jakob Kaup. Among people deceased in 1885, William Thoms ranks 62. Before him are André Gill, Prince August of Württemberg, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Ludvig Norman, and Justo Rufino Barrios. After him are Ernest Goüin, Ernst Falkbeer, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, C. A. Rosetti, Andrea Maffei, and Wilhelm Camphausen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Thoms ranks 3,110 out of 8,785. Before him are James Arthur (1988), Tom Phillips (1888), David Don (1799), Dora Carrington (1893), Duncan Grant (1885), and Anna Massey (1937). After him are Charles Townshend (1725), Florence Green (1901), Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899), Alec McCowen (1925), Don McCullin (1935), and Edith Evans (1888).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Thoms ranks 349. Before him are Richard Hakluyt (1552), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), John Stott (1921), Reynold A. Nicholson (1868), Winston Graham (1908), and Andrew Marvell (1621). After him are Brian O'Nolan (1911), M. R. James (1862), Raphael Holinshed (1529), Anne Bradstreet (1612), Robert Chambers (1802), and Graham Swift (1949).

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