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George Meredith

1828 - 1909

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George Meredith (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first, his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but Meredith gradually established a reputation as a novelist. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) briefly scandalised Victorian literary circles. Of his later novels, the most enduring is The Egoist (1879), though in his lifetime his greatest success was Diana of the Crossways (1885). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Meredith is the 1,983rd most popular writer (up from 2,442nd in 2019), the 1,754th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,801st in 2019) and the 191st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, George Meredith ranks 1,983 out of 7,302. Before him are Watchman Nee, Mina Witkojc, Eiji Tsuburaya, Savitri Devi, Robert Southey, and Erinna. After him are Augustin Barruel, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Philemon, Virginia Henderson, and Jacques Collin de Plancy.

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Among people born in 1828, George Meredith ranks 27. Before him are Alexander Butlerov, Friedrich Albert Lange, Charles de Freycinet, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Iosif Gurko, and Prince Adalbert of Bavaria. After him are Dora d'Istria, Étienne Carjat, Meyer Guggenheim, Joseph Dietzgen, Effie Gray, and Charles Floquet. Among people deceased in 1909, George Meredith ranks 33. Before him are Princess Marie of Orléans, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Renée Vivien, Naftali Herz Imber, and Jakub Bart-Ćišinski. After him are Afonso Pena, Caran d'Ache, Harry Seeley, Abdul Karim, Friedrich Martens, and Richard Bowdler Sharpe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Meredith ranks 1,754 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Scholes (1974), Ken Russell (1927), Elsa Lanchester (1902), Michael Ventris (1922), Robert Southey (1774), and Elizabeth Hurley (1965). After him are P. F. Strawson (1919), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), Vidal Sassoon (1928), Jeffrey Archer (1940), Roger Fenton (1819), and James Bruce (1730).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Meredith ranks 191. Before him are Mary Norton (1903), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), James Murray (1837), Thomas Kyd (1558), James Herriot (1916), and Robert Southey (1774). After him are Robert Chambers (1802), Philip Sidney (1554), Anne Perry (1938), George MacDonald (1824), Frederick Marryat (1792), and Christopher Isherwood (1904).

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