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1852
Whose working lives fell in 1852. 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 1852, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Henry David Thoreau13 decades - 2
Ivan Aivazovsky2 decades - 3
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy16 decades - 4
William III of the Netherlands0 decades - 5
Theodor Mommsen18 decades - 6
Theodor Storm17 decades - 7
Bahá'u'lláh7 decades - 8
Louise of Hesse-Kassel0 decades - 9
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourgnot measured- - 10
Braxton Bragg16 decades - 11
José Zorrilla21 decades - 12
Joseph Dalton Hooker9 decades - 13
Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinvillenot measured- - 14
Debendranath Tagore0 decades - 15
Charles-François Daubigny1 decades - 16
Mykola Kostomarov10 decades - 17
Austen Henry Layard3 decades - 18
George Frederic Watts0 decades - 19
Georg Herwegh18 decades - 20
János Arany0 decades - 21
Gotthold Eisenstein0 decades - 22
Clémentine of Orléans, Princess of Koháry1 decades - 23
Hermann Lotze18 decades - 24
George Henry Lewes16 decades - 25
Pierre Larousse16 decades - 26
Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschennot measured- - 27
Mihail Kogălniceanu0 decades - 28
Syed Ahmad Khan8 decades - 29
Niels Gade1 decades - 30Táhirih0 decades
- 31
Jung Bahadur Rana2 decades - 32
Richard S. Ewell1 decades - 33
Albert von Kölliker3 decades - 34
Ramón de Campoamor17 decades - 35
Carl Vogt16 decades - 36
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenbergnot measured- - 37
Francesco de Sanctis20 decades - 38
Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland2 decades - 39
Richard Daddnot measured- - 40
Lewis Armisteadnot measured- - 41
Benjamin Jowett15 decades - 42
C. H. D. Buys Ballot0 decades - 43
Antonio de Torres Juradonot measured- - 44
Princess Marie Amelie of Badennot measured- - 45
Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungarynot measured- - 46
Charles-Adolphe Wurtz0 decades - 47
Heinrich Graetznot measured- - 48
Archduchess Maria Theresa, Countess of Chambordnot measured- - 49
Konstantin Aksakov19 decades - 50
George Holyoake1 decades - 51
Francisco del Rosario Sáncheznot measured- - 52
Carl Nägeli0 decades - 53
Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquardnot measured- - 54
Adolphe Alphand2 decades - 55
Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylinnot measured- - 56
Álvares de Azevedonot measured- - 57
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen5 decades - 58
Jind Kaurnot measured- - 59
Palladiynot measured- - 60
Nicolae Bălcescu0 decades - 61
Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippenot measured- - 62
José Mármolnot measured- - 63
Charles Piazzi Smyth0 decades - 64
Hippolyte Mège-Mourièsnot measured- - 65
Jean-Baptiste André Godinnot measured- - 66
Florian Ceynowanot measured- - 67
Gunnar Wennerbergnot measured- - 68
Alfred Francis Russell0 decades - 69
Marie-Eugénie de Jésusnot measured- - 70
Shimazu Hisamitsunot measured- - 71
Joseph Poelaertnot measured- - 72
Wilhelm Griesingernot measured- - 73
Leonard Jeromenot measured- - 74
Richard B. Garnettnot measured- - 75
Heinrich von Sybel16 decades - 76
Alfred Lefébure-Wélynot measured- - 77
Karl Grünnot measured- - 78
John Leechnot measured- - 79
Bernhard Windscheidnot measured- - 80
Auguste-Alexandre Ducrotnot measured- - 81
Charles Danclanot measured- - 82
Adolphe Yvonnot measured- - 83
Manuel Robles Pezuelanot measured- - 84
Giovanni Strazzanot measured- - 85
Georgi Pulevskinot measured- - 86
Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roschernot measured- - 87
LeRoy Pope Walkernot measured- - 88
Richard Sprucenot measured- - 89
Ahmad Zayni Dahlannot measured- - 90
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignacnot measured- - 91
Bertrando Spaventanot measured- - 92
John M. Palmernot measured- - 93Rahmatullah Kairanawinot measured-
- 94
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronetnot measured- - 95
Vincent, Count Benedettinot measured- - 96
Ernest Hébertnot measured- - 97
Fanny Cerritonot measured- - 98
Pauline von Mallinckrodtnot measured- - 99
Jean-Marie Le Brisnot measured- - 100
Mykhailo Petrenkonot 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.