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Alexander McCall Smith

1948 - Today

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Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith (born 24 August 1948) is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander McCall Smith has received more than 1,129,768 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 25 in 2019). Alexander McCall Smith is the 3,979th most popular writer (down from 3,823rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Zimbabwean Writer.

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  • 48.69

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexander McCall Smith ranks 3,979 out of 5,755. Before him are Giuseppe Adami, Isaac de Benserade, Alphonse de Châteaubriant, Jurij Koch, Arkady Fiedler, and Florbela Espanca. After him are William Wharton, Itzik Feffer, Antonio Fogazzaro, Adam Bohorič, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf, and Ludwig Anzengruber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Alexander McCall Smith ranks 336. Before him are Lojze Peterle, Chester Thompson, Meir Shalev, Margaret Weis, Norbert Lammert, and Clarence Thomas. After him are Fred Hampton, Ana Mendieta, Jean-Pierre Monseré, Marisol, Robert Holdstock, and Donald Fagen.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Alexander McCall Smith ranks 8 out of 38. Before him are Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978), Canaan Banana (1936), Albert Lutuli (1898), and John Love (1924). After him are Rupiah Banda (1937), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Paula Hawkins (1972), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Lobengula (1845), and Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Zimbabwe

Among writers born in Zimbabwe, Alexander McCall Smith ranks 1. After him are Paula Hawkins (1972), Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959), Debora Patta (1964), and NoViolet Bulawayo (1981).

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