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Bob Shaw

1931 - 1996

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Robert Shaw (31 December 1931 – 11 February 1996) was a science fiction writer and fan from Northern Ireland, noted for his originality and wit. He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 1979 and 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Shaw has received more than 121,156 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Shaw is the 4,337th most popular writer (down from 3,577th in 2019), the 3,203rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,649th in 2019) and the 368th most popular British Writer.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bob Shaw ranks 4,337 out of 5,755Before him are R. J. Palacio, Feodor Gladkov, Constantin Negruzzi, Hanna Krall, Yuri Bondarev, and Polydore Vergil. After him are Mirjam Pressler, Kamala Surayya, Vittorio Messori, Chaim Potok, John Mawe, and Richard Steele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Bob Shaw ranks 312Before him are Emam-Ali Habibi, John Norman, Arne Selmosson, Zakaria Tamer, Sonny Clark, and Paulo Maluf. After him are Michael Fisher, Hanoi Hannah, Bernard Panafieu, Marshall Applewhite, Imrich Stacho, and Redha Malek. Among people deceased in 1996, Bob Shaw ranks 188Before him are Inger Jacobsen, Morton Gould, Pasqualino De Santis, Charles Jewtraw, Lola Beltrán, and Raaj Kumar. After him are Edvin Wide, Julio César Méndez Montenegro, Tommy Rettig, Veronica Guerin, Jurandir de Freitas, and Johan Kraag.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bob Shaw ranks 3,203 out of 7,765Before him are Adrian Boult (1889), Bob Anderson (1922), Clint Mansell (1963), Amelia Edwards (1831), James B. Francis (1815), and John Lennard-Jones (1894). After him are William Hallowes Miller (1801), Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1893), Bert Jansch (1943), Hywel Dda (880), John Mawe (1764), and Jimmie Nicol (1939).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Bob Shaw ranks 368Before him are Robert Kerr (1755), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844), Alan Bennett (1934), Thomas Middleton (1580), Stephen Baxter (1957), and Amelia Edwards (1831). After him are John Mawe (1764), Isaac Watts (1674), Walter Savage Landor (1775), Edwin Atherstone (1788), Anne Bradstreet (1612), and Jackie Collins (1937).