WRITER

William Muir

1819 - 1905

William Muir

Sir William Muir (27 April 1819 – 11 July 1905) was a Scottish Orientalist, and colonial administrator, Principal of the University of Edinburgh and Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces of British India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Muir is the 5,460th most popular writer (down from 5,448th in 2019), the 4,390th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,143rd in 2019) and the 474th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Muir ranks 5,460 out of 7,302. Before him are Albert Engström, Robert Bly, Edoardo Sanguineti, Luis Rosales, Birago Diop, and Boris Lavrenyov. After him are Hellmuth Karasek, August Gailit, Peter Englund, Kang Kyeong-ae, Ghazaros Aghayan, and Alexander Shishkov.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Albert Engström
1869 - 1940
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 5,454
Robert Bly
1926 - 2021
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 5,455
Edoardo Sanguineti
1930 - 2010
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 5,456
Luis Rosales
1910 - 1992
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 5,457
Birago Diop
1908 - 1989
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 5,458
Boris Lavrenyov
1891 - 1959
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 5,459
William Muir
1819 - 1905
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 5,460
Hellmuth Karasek
1934 - 2015
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 5,461
August Gailit
1891 - 1960
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 5,462
Peter Englund
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 5,463
Kang Kyeong-ae
1906 - 1944
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 5,464
Ghazaros Aghayan
1840 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 5,465
Alexander Shishkov
1754 - 1841
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 5,466

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, William Muir ranks 91. Before him are Charles Piazzi Smyth, Joseph Bazalgette, George Salmon, Ion Emanuel Florescu, Narcyza Żmichowska, and William Powell Frith. After him are Alexandru G. Golescu, Alexander Melville Bell, Yuri Samarin, Martin Johnson Heade, Yakov Polonsky, and Monier Monier-Williams. Among people deceased in 1905, William Muir ranks 86. Before him are Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, Theodoros Diligiannis, Gyula Szapáry, Lev Lagorio, Simeon Solomon, and Victor Borisov-Musatov. After him are Theodore Thomas, Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde, Lizardo Montero Flores, Alexander Melville Bell, Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl, and Mabel Cahill.

Others Born in 1819

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Charles Piazzi Smyth
ASTRONOMER
1819 - 1900
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 85
Joseph Bazalgette
ENGINEER
1819 - 1891
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 86
George Salmon
MATHEMATICIAN
1819 - 1904
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 87
Ion Emanuel Florescu
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1893
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 88
Narcyza Żmichowska
WRITER
1819 - 1876
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 89
William Powell Frith
PAINTER
1819 - 1909
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 90
William Muir
WRITER
1819 - 1905
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 91
Alexandru G. Golescu
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1881
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 92
Alexander Melville Bell
LINGUIST
1819 - 1905
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 93
Yuri Samarin
WRITER
1819 - 1876
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 94
Martin Johnson Heade
PAINTER
1819 - 1904
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 95
Yakov Polonsky
WRITER
1819 - 1898
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 96
Monier Monier-Williams
LINGUIST
1819 - 1899
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 97

Others Deceased in 1905

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Juan Lindolfo Cuestas
POLITICIAN
1837 - 1905
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 80
Theodoros Diligiannis
POLITICIAN
1820 - 1905
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 81
Gyula Szapáry
POLITICIAN
1832 - 1905
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 82
Lev Lagorio
PAINTER
1827 - 1905
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 83
Simeon Solomon
PAINTER
1840 - 1905
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 84
Victor Borisov-Musatov
PAINTER
1870 - 1905
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 85
William Muir
WRITER
1819 - 1905
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 86
Theodore Thomas
MUSICIAN
1835 - 1905
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 87
Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde
POLITICIAN
1848 - 1905
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 88
Lizardo Montero Flores
POLITICIAN
1832 - 1905
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 89
Alexander Melville Bell
LINGUIST
1819 - 1905
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 90
Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl
POLITICIAN
1826 - 1905
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 91
Mabel Cahill
TENNIS PLAYER
1863 - 1905
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 92