WRITER

Christopher Fry

1907 - 2005

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Christopher Fry (18 December 1907 – 30 June 2005) was an English poet and playwright. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Fry has received more than 200,962 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Fry is the 6,375th most popular writer (down from 5,765th in 2019), the 5,542nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,079th in 2019) and the 632nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The lady's not for burning
Drama, English drama, Scripts
1949
A phoenix too frequent
English drama (Comedy)
1946
The firstborn
Drama
1946
Venus observed
1949
A sleep of prisoners
1951
Thor, with angels
English drama
1948

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christopher Fry ranks 6,375 out of 7,302. Before him are S. E. Hinton, Joel Osteen, Werewere Liking, Richard Price, Jodi Picoult, and Ludwig Bemelmans. After him are Thomas Lodge, Terence MacSwiney, Sylvia Browne, H. R. F. Keating, Anderson Cooper, and George S. Kaufman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Christopher Fry ranks 379. Before him are Károly Bartha, Ross Alexander, Frank Saker, Alexander Wood, Arnie Oliver, and John Cody. After him are Tranquilino Garcete, Paul Nitze, Ernst Loof, Mildred Bailey, Adrienne Ames, and Paul Douglas. Among people deceased in 2005, Christopher Fry ranks 347. Before him are Ruth Warrick, R. L. Burnside, Bob Denver, William Hootkins, Gaylord Nelson, and Bill McGarry. After him are Michael Park, Kazimierz Lipień, Eugene J. Martin, Lucky Thompson, André Testut, and Mason Adams.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Fry ranks 5,542 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Norton (1532), Steven Isserlis (1958), Abraham Beame (1906), Tara Fitzgerald (1967), Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (1851), and Tony Waiters (1937). After him are Reg Presley (1941), Aslı Enver (1984), George Moorhouse (1901), Thomas Lodge (1558), Bryn Terfel (1965), and Alex Pettyfer (1990).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Christopher Fry ranks 632. Before him are Compton Mackenzie (1883), John Skelton (1460), P. H. Newby (1918), Charles Lock Eastlake (1793), Michael Rosen (1946), and Henry Green (1905). After him are Thomas Lodge (1558), H. R. F. Keating (1926), Alfred Austin (1835), George Peele (1556), Barry Unsworth (1930), and Mary Berry (1935).

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