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Alain LeRoy Locke

1885 - 1954

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Alain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, and educator. Distinguished in 1907 as the first African American Rhodes Scholar, Locke became known as the philosophical architect—the acknowledged "Dean"—of the Harlem Renaissance. He is frequently included in listings of influential African Americans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain LeRoy Locke has received more than 476,604 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Alain LeRoy Locke is the 6,200th most popular writer (down from 5,588th in 2019), the 10,698th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,740th in 2019) and the 794th most popular American Writer.

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  • 480k

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  • 42.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Negro Art
1969
The Negro and His Music
1936
Plays of Negro life
Drama, African Americans, American drama
1927
When peoples meet
Acculturation, Minorities, Race relations
1942
The Negro and his music
African American art, African American musicians, African Americans
1936
The Negro in art
African Americans in literature, African American art, African Americans in art
1940
The new Negro
African American authors, African Americans, American literature
1925
When peoples meet
Acculturation, Minorities, Race relations
1942
A decade of Negro self-expression
American literature, History and criticism, Bibliography
1928
Plays of Negro life
Drama, African Americans, American drama
1927
The Negro in art
African Americans in literature, African American art, African Americans in art
1940
The Negro and his music
African American art, African American musicians, African Americans
1936

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alain LeRoy Locke ranks 6,200 out of 7,302. Before him are Fran Saleški Finžgar, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Mike Godwin, Sylvain Tesson, Birger Sjöberg, and Bernice Rubens. After him are Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Paolo Giordano, Lorraine Hansberry, Sida Košutić, Glenn Greenwald, and Brian Jacques.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Alain LeRoy Locke ranks 259. Before him are Harry Ricardo, Bjørn Rasmussen, George Butterworth, Lionel Atwill, Florence Turner, and Birger Sjöberg. After him are Knut Torell, Riccardo Nowak, Burton Downing, Margaret Harwood, George Dole, and Károly Levitzky. Among people deceased in 1954, Alain LeRoy Locke ranks 159. Before him are Irving Pichel, Zhang Shichuan, Eugene Pallette, Charles Perrin, Vera Gaze, and Cayetano Saporiti. After him are John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, Gavino Matta, Johnny Ace, Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, Frederick Humphreys, and Ellen Roosevelt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alain LeRoy Locke ranks 10,698 out of 20,380. Before him are Shirley Walker (1945), Norman Z. McLeod (1898), Allen Johnson (1971), Shaun White (1986), Jimmy Bryan (1926), and John McNaughton (1950). After him are Fyvush Finkel (1922), Richard Zare (1939), Charles Dumas (1937), Susan Solomon (1956), Lloyd Price (1933), and Summer Phoenix (1978).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alain LeRoy Locke ranks 794. Before him are Maxine Kumin (1925), Gillian Flynn (1971), Stephen Vincent Benét (1898), Lester Bangs (1948), Amory Lovins (1947), and Mike Godwin (1956). After him are Lorraine Hansberry (1930), Glenn Greenwald (1967), Emma Willard (1787), Cynthia Ozick (1928), Lawrence Venuti (1953), and George Alec Effinger (1947).

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