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Barry Unsworth

1930 - 2012

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Barry Unsworth FRSL (10 August 1930 – 4 June 2012) was an English writer known for his historical fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barry Unsworth has received more than 125,022 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Barry Unsworth is the 5,953rd most popular writer (down from 5,311th in 2019), the 5,431st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,860th in 2019) and the 611th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Barry Unsworth ranks 5,953 out of 5,755. Before him are Joel Surnow, Ogden Nash, Richard Flanagan, Lionel Shriver, Sophie Hannah, and Samuel Daniel. After him are Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Thomas Brussig, Alexandre del Valle, Georgi Gospodinov, Jane Smiley, and Pippa Middleton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Barry Unsworth ranks 540. Before him are Edward Seaga, Vladimir Ryzhkin, Arlen Specter, Troy Ruttman, Luki Botha, and Tom Mboya. After him are K. Balachander, Nicholas F. Brady, Allison Hayes, Charles Correa, Colin McDonald, and Stuart Williams. Among people deceased in 2012, Barry Unsworth ranks 425. Before him are Elizabeth Catlett, Ronnie Montrose, Eduard Ivanov, Robert Bork, Les Leston, and Thomas Kinkade. After him are Lucille Bliss, Tommy Godwin, Bob Boozer, Gary Collins, Joyce Redman, and Leslie Claudius.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barry Unsworth ranks 5,431 out of 7,765. Before him are Harriet Harman (1950), Sophie Hannah (1971), Andrew Ng (1976), Steve Valentine (1966), Samuel Daniel (1562), and Richard Wiseman (1966). After him are Joe Cole (1988), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), Billie Piper (1982), Tom Kilburn (1921), Harry Atkinson (1831), and William Hewson (1739).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Barry Unsworth ranks 611. Before him are William Empson (1906), R. D. Blackmore (1825), Coventry Patmore (1823), Naomi Mitchison (1897), Sophie Hannah (1971), and Samuel Daniel (1562). After him are Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), Pippa Middleton (1983), Ronald Firbank (1886), Colley Cibber (1671), Russell T Davies (1963), and Cressida Cowell (1966).

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