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Brian Aldiss

1925 - 2017

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Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for occasional pseudonyms during the mid-1960s. Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss was a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Aldiss has received more than 643,989 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Brian Aldiss is the 1,893rd most popular writer (down from 1,799th in 2019), the 1,447th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,412th in 2019) and the 155th most popular British Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.33

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  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Brian Aldiss ranks 1,893 out of 7,302Before him are Hierocles of Alexandria, Marko Vovchok, Ion of Chios, Handrij Zejler, Henrik Wergeland, and Uri Orlev. After him are Augustin Barruel, Valery Bryusov, Nora Ephron, Begum Rokeya, Colin Wilson, and Luis de León.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Brian Aldiss ranks 126Before him are Alexander Shulgin, Antoine Gizenga, Lino Lacedelli, Arnaldo Forlani, Serge Moscovici, and Alberto Grimaldi. After him are Manos Hatzidakis, Efim Geller, Luis Molowny, Toshio Iwatani, Shigeko Higashikuni, and Louison Bobet. Among people deceased in 2017, Brian Aldiss ranks 119Before him are Heinz Kessler, Tom Petty, Peter Mansfield, Ángel Nieto, Jiro Taniguchi, and Azzedine Alaïa. After him are Shadia, Robert James Waller, Lubomyr Husar, Jerry Fodor, Omar Abdel-Rahman, and Tsutomu Hata.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Aldiss ranks 1,447 out of 8,785Before him are Jason Isaacs (1963), David Hemmings (1941), David Bradley (1942), George Arliss (1868), Reginald Doherty (1872), and Maurice Wilkes (1913). After him are Kate Sheppard (1848), Colin Wilson (1931), Joseph Addison (1672), Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), George Romney (1734), and Christopher Robin Milne (1920).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Brian Aldiss ranks 155Before him are Lucinda Riley (1965), Arthur Machen (1863), Anne Perry (1938), Ted Hughes (1930), Malcolm Lowry (1909), and Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838). After him are Colin Wilson (1931), Joseph Addison (1672), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Thomas Wyatt (1503), Edward Young (1683), and Anthony Trollope (1815).