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Catherine Cookson

1906 - 1998

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Dame Catherine Ann Cookson, DBE (née McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998), was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers. Her books were inspired by her deprived youth in South Shields (historically part of County Durham), North East England, the setting for her novels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine Cookson has received more than 782,913 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Catherine Cookson is the 5,875th most popular writer (down from 5,213th in 2019), the 5,261st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,659th in 2019) and the 597th most popular British Writer.

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  • 780k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Catherine Cookson ranks 5,875 out of 5,755. Before her are Leyla Aliyeva, Joumana Haddad, John Seigenthaler, Graciano Rocchigiani, Dorothy Allison, and Stephen Chbosky. After her are Rose Tremain, James Gleick, Forrest J Ackerman, Tom Egeland, William H. Gass, and Kim Thúy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Catherine Cookson ranks 372. Before her are Alfredo Pitto, Luis Marín, Márton Homonnai, Bunny Austin, Jim Bausch, and Julio Rosales. After her are Katsuo Takaishi, William Bendix, Mauri Rose, Pat O'Callaghan, William Empson, and Bea Benaderet. Among people deceased in 1998, Catherine Cookson ranks 282. Before her are Ram Swarup, Muriel Humphrey Brown, Sam Balter, Lalita Pawar, Eleanor Garatti, and Edwin Thompson Jaynes. After her are Esther Rolle, Cliff Barker, Wade Dominguez, Fred Wacker, Barbara Burke, and Albert Gore Sr..

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Catherine Cookson ranks 5,261 out of 7,765. Before her are Dominic Raab (1974), Tim Parnell (1932), Alex Cox (1954), Joanne Froggatt (1980), Edna Best (1900), and MF Doom (1971). After her are Nonso Anozie (1978), David O'Hara (1965), Rose Tremain (1943), Alan Hansen (1955), John Inman (1935), and Mark Hateley (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Catherine Cookson ranks 597. Before her are R. S. Thomas (1913), John Gribbin (1946), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Hugh Blair (1718), Humphrey Carpenter (1946), and Caryl Churchill (1938). After her are Rose Tremain (1943), Richard Lovelace (1617), Charlotte Smith (1749), Henry Green (1905), Jasper Fforde (1961), and Elizabeth Inchbald (1753).

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