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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 723,023 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Charles Fort is the 3,366th most popular writer (down from 3,076th in 2019), the 4,418th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,011th in 2019) and the 383rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles Fort ranks 3,366 out of 5,755. Before him are Per Petterson, Julius Obsequens, Étienne Jodelle, Sturla Þórðarson, Orhan Veli Kanık, and Louis Pergaud. After him are Maurice Paléologue, Anton Delvig, Simonas Daukantas, Tullio Pinelli, Agnieszka Osiecka, and Buddhadasa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Charles Fort ranks 110. Before him are Frédéric François-Marsal, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Leopoldo Lugones, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Viggo Jensen, and Mikhail Diterikhs. After him are Fred Niblo, Alexander Khatisian, Alfred Tysoe, Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, Teresa Feoderovna Ries, and Jerzy Żuławski. Among people deceased in 1932, Charles Fort ranks 76. Before him are Paul Gorguloff, Maximilian Voloshin, Lytton Strachey, Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Peg Entwistle, and Maironis. After him are Arnošt Muka, Filippo Turati, Mikhail Pokrovsky, Gertrude Jekyll, Herbert Norkus, and Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Fort ranks 4,418 out of 18,182. Before him are Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), Elihu Yale (1649), David Bushnell (1742), Paul Chambers (1935), Mary Edwards Walker (1832), and Todd Rundgren (1948). After him are David Zucker (1947), Juanita Moore (1914), Corey Taylor (1973), Joan Osborne (1962), Tommy Aldridge (1950), and Vince Gilligan (1967).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Charles Fort ranks 383. Before him are Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), William Steig (1907), James Salter (1925), A. Merritt (1884), John Ashbery (1927), and Richard Yates (1926). After him are Vince Gilligan (1967), Michael Cristofer (1945), Lillian Hellman (1905), Francis Scott Key (1779), Robert Ettinger (1918), and Anne Tyler (1941).

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