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1842
Whose working lives fell in 1842. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 1842, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Giuseppe Garibaldi11 decades - 2
Robert E. Lee16 decades - 3
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow18 decades - 4
Jules Grévy15 decades - 5
Louis Agassiz16 decades - 6
Joseph E. Johnston16 decades - 7
Josephine of Leuchtenberg0 decades - 8
José de Espronceda19 decades - 9
Feodora of Leiningennot measured- - 10
John Greenleaf Whittier16 decades - 11
Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans0 decades - 12
Harriet Taylor Mill1 decades - 13
Lajos Batthyány0 decades - 14
Charles Francis Adams Sr.0 decades - 15
Wilford Woodruff17 decades - 16
Anthony Mary Claret16 decades - 17
Amir Kabir3 decades - 18
Alfred Vail8 decades - 19
Ignatius Bryanchaninovnot measured- - 20
Princess Charlotte of Württembergnot measured- - 21
Thiệu Trị0 decades - 22
Robert Blumnot measured- - 23
Bezmiâlem Sultannot measured- - 24
Ezra Cornellnot measured- - 25
David Rice Atchisonnot measured- - 26
Jane Digbynot measured- - 27
Aleksey Koltsov11 decades - 28
Peter Hardeman Burnett0 decades - 29
Napoleon Ordanot measured- - 30
Narcisse Virgilio Díaznot measured- - 31
Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollinnot measured- - 32
Ira Aldridgenot measured- - 33
Hermann Burmeister7 decades - 34
Jónas Hallgrímsson0 decades - 35
Robert John McClurenot measured- - 36
Ye Mingchennot measured- - 37
Sher Singhnot measured- - 38
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellingtonnot measured- - 39
Wincenty Polnot measured- - 40
Joseph Petzvalnot measured- - 41
Henry Sewellnot measured- - 42
James Abbottnot measured- - 43
Friedrich Theodor Vischer14 decades - 44
James Henry Hammondnot measured- - 45
Johann Wilhelm Schirmernot measured- - 46
John B. Magrudernot measured- - 47
Arthur Conollynot measured- - 48
Théophile Thoré-Bürgernot measured- - 49
Jules Pelouze0 decades - 50
Adrien-François Servaisnot measured- - 51
Albert Mackeynot measured- - 52
Abdülkerim Nadir Pashanot measured- - 53
Barbu Catargiunot measured- - 54
Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronetnot measured- - 55
Grace Darlingnot measured- - 56
Charles Rigault de Genouillynot measured- - 57
Giuseppe Peccinot measured- - 58
Delfina Potockanot measured- - 59
Alexander Hislopnot measured- - 60
Mary Carpenternot measured- - 61
Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huartenot measured- - 62
Joseph Holtnot measured- - 63
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkinsnot measured- - 64
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontainenot measured- - 65
Emilie Flygare-Carlénnot measured- - 66
John Young, 1st Baron Lisgarnot measured- - 67
Auguste Laurentnot measured- - 68Johann Nepomuk Hiedlernot measured-
- 69
Ernest Legouvé19 decades - 70
Archduchess Hermine of Austrianot measured- - 71
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejonot measured- - 72
Joaquim Marques Lisboanot measured- - 73
William L. Daytonnot measured- - 74
Auguste Nélatonnot measured- - 75
William Farrnot measured- - 76
Genaro Pérez Villaamilnot measured- - 77
Karolina Pavlovanot measured- - 78
Charles Auguste Frossardnot measured- - 79
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyńskinot measured- - 80
Karol Antoniewicznot measured- - 81
Jules Verreauxnot measured- - 82
Mirza Aqa Khan Nurinot measured- - 83
William Sidney Mountnot measured- - 84
Pakubuwono VInot measured- - 85
Charles François Antoine Morrennot measured- - 86
Park Gyu-sunot measured- - 87
Johan Sebastian Welhaven0 decades - 88
James Harrisnot measured- - 89
Hōne Hekenot measured- - 90
Jane Wells Webb Loudonnot measured- - 91
Arnaud Henri Guyotnot measured- - 92
Ludwika Jędrzejewicz Chopinnot measured- - 93
Karoline Bauernot measured- - 94
Bernhard Horwitznot measured- - 95
Karol Libeltnot measured- - 96
Phoebe Palmernot measured- - 97
Napoléon Henri Rebernot measured- - 98
James S. Wadsworthnot measured- - 99
Franz von Poccinot measured- - 100
Fredrika Runebergnot measured-
How to read these rankings
- People sit in their own time. Everyone is placed in the century their working life belongs to, and never in one that came after their death.
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record, read across every language rather than one. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus. Those decades are closed, so each curve is measured once and kept.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, or a name belongs to more than one notable person, we would rather show nothing than guess.