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Charles Williams

1886 - 1945

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Charles Walter Stansby Williams (20 September 1886 – 15 May 1945) was an English poet, novelist, playwright, theologian and literary critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Williams has received more than 64,294 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Williams is the 5,735th most popular writer (down from 4,794th in 2019), the 4,471st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,649th in 2019) and the 507th most popular British Writer.

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  • 64k

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  • 45.16

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles Williams ranks 5,735 out of 7,302Before him are David Mitchell, Alan Ayckbourn, Katri Vala, José Manuel Caballero, Jack McDevitt, and Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca. After him are Can Dündar, Robert Bly, Jules Roy, Darya Dontsova, Alberto Bevilacqua, and Ann Rule.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Charles Williams ranks 272Before him are Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Fidel Pagés, Harmodio Arias Madrid, Reggie Pridmore, Carl Hårleman, and Östen Undén. After him are Virginia Pearson, Divna Veković, Sophie Tucker, Hugo Black, Arthur Shaw, and Herbert Lindström. Among people deceased in 1945, Charles Williams ranks 330Before him are Alexey Favorsky, Alexander Patch, Tom Taylor, Lucille La Verne, Thomas Lewis, and Rudolf Lippert. After him are Toon Oprinsen, Jules Pappaert, Arthur Tell Schwab, Pietro Speciale, Mark Sandrich, and Willis Augustus Lee.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Williams ranks 4,471 out of 8,785Before him are David Mitchell (1969), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), Howard Jones (1955), Simon Schama (1945), George Galloway (1954), and Monty Norman (1928). After him are Andy Mackay (1946), Paul Graham (1964), Chris Craft (1939), Tommy Gemmell (1943), Paul Carrack (1951), and Anne-Marie Duff (1970).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Charles Williams ranks 507Before him are Peter Morgan (1963), Joe Orton (1933), Frederick Rolfe (1860), Pauline Baynes (1922), David Mitchell (1969), and Alan Ayckbourn (1939). After him are Julian Symons (1912), Nigella Lawson (1960), Jhumpa Lahiri (1967), Robert Edmond Grant (1793), Richard K. Morgan (1965), and James Herbert (1943).