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Christopher Priest

1943 - 2024

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Christopher Mackenzie Priest (14 July 1943 – 2 February 2024) was a British novelist and science fiction writer. His works include Fugue for a Darkening Island (1972), The Inverted World (1974), The Affirmation (1981), The Glamour (1984), The Prestige (1995), and The Separation (2002). Priest was strongly influenced by the science fiction of H. G. Wells and in 2006 was appointed Vice-President of the international H. G. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Priest has received more than 21,213 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Christopher Priest is the 2,469th most popular writer (up from 4,435th in 2019), the 1,822nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,306th in 2019) and the 201st most popular British Writer.

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  • 21k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christopher Priest ranks 2,469 out of 7,302. Before him are Alois Musil, María Kodama, Annie Proulx, Rolf Hochhuth, Ariwara no Narihira, and Dick Francis. After him are Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Valentin Kataev, Andrey Kurbsky, Lidia Zamenhof, George Ohsawa, and Sergey Aksakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Christopher Priest ranks 218. Before him are Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Kazimira Prunskienė, Albert Pintat, Mark Granovetter, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, and Winston Groom. After him are Georgi Asparuhov, Jil Sander, Lauren Hutton, Terry Venables, Shlomo Ben-Ami, and Richard S. Hamilton. Among people deceased in 2024, Christopher Priest ranks 158. Before him are Louis Gossett Jr., Alberto Colombo, Péter Eötvös, Jim Abrahams, Fritz Wepper, and Josip Manolić. After him are Francisco Jara, William Labov, Marlena Shaw, Richard S. Hamilton, Anatoli Polivoda, and Jandira Martini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Priest ranks 1,822 out of 8,785. Before him are Julian of Norwich (1342), Miranda Richardson (1958), William Beckford (1760), Sid Watkins (1928), Dick Francis (1920), and Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975). After him are Matthew Paris (1200), Leo Genn (1905), John Wetton (1949), Andrew Irvine (1902), Allan Octavian Hume (1829), and Thomas Beecham (1879).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Christopher Priest ranks 201. Before him are Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), George Meredith (1828), Renée Vivien (1877), E. Nesbit (1858), William Beckford (1760), and Dick Francis (1920). After him are Richard Adams (1920), Peter Shaffer (1926), Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), John Mandeville (1300), Noël Coward (1899), and David Lodge (1935).

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