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George Gissing
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English novelist (1857–1903)
OverviewAI-generated
George Robert Gissing was a British writer, novelist, and teacher who worked in the field of prose. Born in Wakefield, he held citizenship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He wrote in the English language and is associated with concepts including art, philosophy, history, and psychology. His literary output includes works such as *The unclassed*, *Charles Dickens*, *A life's morning*, and *Will Warburton*.
Gissing died of pulmonary emphysema from natural causes in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, where he is also buried. His archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 22 November 1857
- Died
- 28 December 1903
- Works
- 510
Top works
- 田園春秋
- The unclassed
- Charles Dickens
- A life's morning
- George Gissing
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10
- Total plays
- 24
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 201
- Cited by
- 637
Research areas
Most cited works
- New Grub Street1891 · 89 cit
- The Odd Women1893 · 72 cit
- The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft1903 · 65 cit
- The collected letters of George Gissing1990 · 52 cit
- From The Nether World (1889)2009 · 36 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,956x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,659x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,947x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 27,702x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 23,211x
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Quotes
- “It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all when we know that to do so will be the cause of much pain and trouble.”
- “No, no; women, old or young, should never have to think about money.”
- “The thought, however, of his girls having to work for money was so utterly repulsive to him that he could never seriously dwell upon it.”
- “The insult was thrown out with a peculiarly reckless air; it astounded the hearer, who sat for an instant with staring eyes and lips apart; then the blood rushed to his cheeks.”
- “To be at other people's orders brings out all the bad in me.”
- “It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- George Robert Gissing , ( 1857-11-22 ) 22 November 1857, Wakefield , Yorkshire , England
- Died
- 28 December 1903 (1903-12-28) (aged 46), Ispoure , Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port , France
- Literary movement
- Naturalism
- Notable works
- The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891), Born in Exile (1892), The Odd Women (1893)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Wakefield
- Place of death
- Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
- Occupation
- teacher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- prose
- Image
- George Gissing.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- date of birth
- 1857-01-01
- date of death
- 1903-00-00
- Commons category
- George Gissing
- Commons Creator page
- George Gissing
- Commons gallery
- George Gissing
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- birth name
- George Robert Gissing
- cause of death
- pulmonary emphysema
- writing language
- English language
- place of burial
- Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
- manner of death
- natural causes
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to George Gissing, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
George Robert Gissing (/ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ GHISS-ing; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. In the 1890s he was considered one of the three greatest novelists in England, and by the 1940s he had been recognised as a literary genius. Gissing's best-known works have reappeared in modern editions. They include The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891), Born in Exile (1892) and The Odd Women (1893). He retains a small but devoted group of followers.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George Gissing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.