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Angus Wilson

1913 - 1991

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Sir Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson, CBE (11 August 1913 – 31 May 1991) was an English novelist and short story writer. He was one of England's first openly gay authors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angus Wilson has received more than 174,308 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Angus Wilson is the 6,488th most popular writer (down from 5,788th in 2019), the 5,747th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,127th in 2019) and the 655th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Angus Wilson ranks 6,488 out of 7,302. Before him are Walter Besant, Saroo Brierley, Eva Ström, Renate Dorrestein, Arvi Pohjanpää, and Volodymyr Vakulenko. After him are Gerbrand Bakker, Norman Podhoretz, Véronique Tadjo, Tracy Hickman, João W. Nery, and Sue Monk Kidd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Angus Wilson ranks 400. Before him are Coral Browne, Sid James, István Klimek, Joe Medicine Crow, Peter Doherty, and Marian Marsh. After him are Jack Hannah, Bob Crosby, Ali Sardar Jafri, R. S. Thomas, Walt Kelly, and Laird Cregar. Among people deceased in 1991, Angus Wilson ranks 273. Before him are Danny Thomas, Tom Bridger, Yanka Dyagileva, Natalie Schafer, Charles Manring, and Joan Caulfield. After him are Mudashiru Lawal, Lino Brocka, William Penney, Baron Penney, John Kerr, Lilian Bond, and Abel Kiviat.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Angus Wilson ranks 5,747 out of 8,785. Before him are Dominic Raab (1974), Sydney Camm (1893), Lashana Lynch (1987), Julian Lloyd Webber (1951), Eddie Hopkinson (1935), and Ernest Townsend (1880). After him are Christopher Fairbank (1953), David Mackenzie (1966), Jodie Comer (1993), Lawrence Hargrave (1850), Alec B. Francis (1867), and Tony Pulis (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Angus Wilson ranks 655. Before him are Saunders Lewis (1893), David Seidler (1937), John Suckling (1609), Mark Akenside (1721), Sabine Baring-Gould (1834), and Walter Besant (1836). After him are Felicia Hemans (1793), John Arden (1930), Jasper Fforde (1961), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), John Lydgate (1370), and Sidney Lee (1859).

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