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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 group in Wells' honour. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Aldiss has received more than 599,165 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Brian Aldiss is the 1,803rd most popular writer (down from 1,622nd in 2019), the 1,417th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,271st in 2019) and the 156th most popular British Writer.

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  • 600k

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  • 56.11

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Brian Aldiss ranks 1,803 out of 5,755Before him are David Burliuk, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lilya Brik, Alexandre Benois, Didymus Chalcenterus, and Abbot Oliba. After him are Catherine of Bologna, Sebastian Haffner, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Cornell Woolrich, Thomas Merton, and Guido Adler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Brian Aldiss ranks 117Before him are Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Luciano Leggio, Masanori Tokita, Warren Christopher, John Guillermin, and Pavel Belyayev. After him are Pierre Bérégovoy, Bill Gates Sr., Etel Adnan, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Moshe Arens, and Lino Lacedelli. Among people deceased in 2017, Brian Aldiss ranks 109Before him are Dick Bruna, Juan Goytisolo, Hiroto Muraoka, Tsutomu Hata, Michael Parks, and Luis Bacalov. After him are Ángel Nieto, Miguel Ferrer, George Young, Lubomyr Husar, Christine Kaufmann, and Heinz Kessler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Aldiss ranks 1,417 out of 7,765Before him are John Guillermin (1925), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Roger Byrne (1929), Sebastian Coe (1956), Frances Fisher (1952), and Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766). After him are Claire Bloom (1931), Paul Rodgers (1949), Frederick Delius (1862), Derek Jarman (1942), Malcolm McLaren (1946), and Louise d'Orléans (1869).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Brian Aldiss ranks 156Before him are Peter Shaffer (1926), Aphra Behn (1640), Anne Perry (1938), Hugh Lofting (1886), William Caxton (1422), and Lady Caroline Lamb (1785). After him are Christopher Isherwood (1904), Lucinda Riley (1965), Anthony Trollope (1815), George MacDonald (1824), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), and Sister Nivedita (1867).

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