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Charles Fort

1874 - 1932

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Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena. The terms "Fortean" and "Forteana" are sometimes used to characterize various such phenomena. Fort's books sold well and are still in print. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Fort has received more than 774,899 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Charles Fort is the 3,621st most popular writer (down from 3,354th in 2019), the 4,644th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,406th in 2019) and the 386th most popular American Writer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

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  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The book of the damned
Miscellanea, Meteorology, Astronomy
1919
New Lands
Life on other planets, Unidentified flying objects, Miscellanea
1923
Lo!
Miscellanea, Science
1931
Wild talents
Curiosities and wonders
1932
The outcast manufacturers
1909
The books of Charles Fort
1941
New Lands
Life on other planets, Unidentified flying objects, Miscellanea
1923
The book of the damned
Miscellanea, Meteorology, Astronomy
The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919). Dealing with various types of anomalous phenomena including UFOs, strange falls of both organic and inorganic materials from the sky, odd weather patterns, the possible existence of creatures generally held to be mythological, disappearances of people under strange circumstances, and many other phenomena, the book is historically considered to be the first written in the specific field of anomalistics.
1919
Lo!
Miscellanea, Science
1931
Wild talents
Curiosities and wonders
1932
New Lands
Occultism, Life on other planets, Unidentified flying objects
1974
Wild Talents
2011
Lo!
Miscellanea, Science
1931
New Lands
Life on other planets, Unidentified flying objects, Miscellanea
1923
New Lands
Occultism, Life on other planets, Unidentified flying objects
1974
The book of the damned
Miscellanea, Meteorology, Astronomy
The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919). Dealing with various types of anomalous phenomena including UFOs, strange falls of both organic and inorganic materials from the sky, odd weather patterns, the possible existence of creatures generally held to be mythological, disappearances of people under strange circumstances, and many other phenomena, the book is historically considered to be the first written in the specific field of anomalistics.
1919
Wild Talents
2011
Book of the Damned
2016

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles Fort ranks 3,621 out of 7,302. Before him are Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Jan Brzechwa, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé, John Mauropous, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, and Vsevolod Ivanov. After him are Orientius, Ida Vitale, Nicholas Rémy, Johannes Jørgensen, Kurd Lasswitz, and Anthony Berkeley Cox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Charles Fort ranks 128. Before him are Mary Ann Bevan, Alexander Khatisian, Manuel Díaz, Francis Lane, Juan Bautista Sacasa, and Nasrullah Khan. After him are Władysław Grabski, Dimitrios Golemis, Billy Meredith, Theodore Lyman IV, Frederic Clements, and Ephraim Moses Lilien. Among people deceased in 1932, Charles Fort ranks 83. Before him are Arnošt Muka, Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria, Zhang Zongchang, Augusto B. Leguía, Hafez Ibrahim, and Josephine Crowell. After him are Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Mikhail Pokrovsky, Gertrude Jekyll, Karl Blossfeldt, Duke Alexander of Oldenburg, and Ali Rıza Pasha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Fort ranks 4,644 out of 20,380. Before him are Savanna Samson (1967), Julie Adams (1926), Marilyn Horne (1934), D'arcy Wretzky (1968), Herman Kahn (1922), and Paul Alexander (1946). After him are Olivia Wilde (1984), Norman Holter (1914), Evelyne Hall (1909), Al Jardine (1942), Emmy Rossum (1986), and Louis Leon Thurstone (1887).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Charles Fort ranks 386. Before him are Cotton Mather (1663), Gene Wolfe (1931), Joss Whedon (1964), Robert W. Chambers (1865), Emma Lazarus (1849), and James Tiptree Jr. (1915). After him are Lillian Hellman (1905), John Ashbery (1927), Richard Yates (1926), Marta Kauffman (1956), Helen Churchill Candee (1858), and Thomas Friedman (1953).

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