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William Ernest Henley

1849 - 1903

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William Ernest Henley (23 August 1849 – 11 July 1903) was a British poet, writer, critic and editor. Though he wrote several books of poetry, Henley is remembered most often for his 1875 poem "Invictus". A fixture in London literary circles, the one-legged Henley was an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's character Long John Silver (Treasure Island, 1883), while his young daughter Margaret Henley inspired J. M. Barrie's choice of the name Wendy for the heroine of his play Peter Pan (1904). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Ernest Henley is the 3,533rd most popular writer (down from 3,078th in 2019), the 2,828th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,246th in 2019) and the 321st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, William Ernest Henley ranks 3,533 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard Yates, Tibor Déry, Xiao Hong, Carlo Rosselli, Robert Holdstock, and Antero de Quental. After him are Glen Cook, Song Yu, Glückel of Hameln, John Osborne, Simonas Daukantas, and Fernando del Paso.

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Among people born in 1849, William Ernest Henley ranks 67. Before him are Edmund Barton, Mohammad Yaqub Khan, Olena Pchilka, Albert Heim, Hugo von Seeliger, and Ida Straus. After him are Johan Kjeldahl, Ferdinand Brunetière, Pedro Montt, Jacob Riis, Carl Fredrik Hill, and Emil Zuckerkandl. Among people deceased in 1903, William Ernest Henley ranks 50. Before him are Auguste Kerckhoffs, Konstantinos Paspatis, Harriet Lane, Robert Planquette, Apolinario Mabini, and James Glaisher. After him are Emily Warren Roebling, Ozaki Kōyō, Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, Frederick Law Olmsted, Lina Sandell, and Girolamo de Rada.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, William Ernest Henley ranks 2,829 out of 8,785. Before him are George Cruikshank (1792), Caroline Goodall (1959), William Speirs Bruce (1867), Cyril Jackson (1903), Robert Holdstock (1948), and Paul Kennedy (1945). After him are Harry Andrews (1911), John Osborne (1929), William Playfair (1759), Leo Genn (1905), Andrew Birkin (1945), and Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Ernest Henley ranks 321. Before him are Jojo Moyes (1969), Peter James (1948), John Winthrop (1588), Richard Hakluyt (1552), Anthony Horowitz (1955), and Robert Holdstock (1948). After him are John Osborne (1929), William Cowper (1731), E. W. Hornung (1866), Arthur Waley (1889), Edward William Lane (1801), and Nevil Shute (1899).

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