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Walter Besant

Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901), writer and campaigner for authors' rights.
The 468th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 973 quotations (about 0.03% of all OED quotations).
See article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Total number of quotations973Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word17Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning84Find quotations
NameTotal QuotationsPercentage of quotations
1.Chaplain of Fleet16917.0%Find quotations in OED
2.All Sorts of Men10711.0%Find quotations in OED
3.Golden Butterfly10611.0%Find quotations in OED
4.Children of Gibeon879.0%Find quotations in OED
5.World Went667.0%Find quotations in OED
6.By Celia's Arbour475.0%Find quotations in OED
7.Orange Girl414.0%Find quotations in OED
8.Demoniac404.0%Find quotations in OED
9.Dorothy Forster303.0%Find quotations in OED
10.Revolt of Man273.0%Find quotations in OED

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