WRITER

Colin Dexter

1930 - 2017

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Norman Colin Dexter (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English crime writer known for his Inspector Morse series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, Inspector Morse, from 1987 to 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Dexter has received more than 1,235,370 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Colin Dexter is the 1,468th most popular writer (down from 1,393rd in 2019), the 1,112th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,103rd in 2019) and the 127th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Wench Is Dead
Fiction, Inspector Morse (Fictitious character), Police
1989
Dead of Jericho
Condensed books, Police, Readers
1981
Service of all the dead
Fiction, Inspector Morse (Fictitious character), Police
1979
The daughters of Cain
Fiction, Inspector Morse (Fictitious character), Police
1994
Last Bus to Woodstock
Inspector Morse (Fictitious character), Police, Fiction
1975
Death Is Now My Neighbour
Fiction, Inspector Morse (Fictitious character), Police in fiction
1996

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Colin Dexter ranks 1,468 out of 7,302. Before him are Tristan Corbière, Jacques Cazotte, Lu You, Vicki Baum, James Oliver Curwood, and Christian Friedrich Hebbel. After him are August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Elizabeth Siddal, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Don Juan Manuel, Francis Jammes, and Achilles Tatius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Colin Dexter ranks 105. Before him are Mauro Ramos, Martin Karplus, José Sarney, John Frankenheimer, Rod Taylor, and Sławomir Mrożek. After him are Paul Veyne, Toru Takemitsu, Friedrich Gulda, Sonny Rollins, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, and Jasper Johns. Among people deceased in 2017, Colin Dexter ranks 90. Before him are Anne Wiazemsky, René Préval, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Fats Domino, Tomas Milian, and Hans Rosling. After him are Paolo Villaggio, Karin Dor, Tom Regan, Juan Goytisolo, Robert Hardy, and Emma Morano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Dexter ranks 1,112 out of 8,785. Before him are Stevie Young (1956), Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), Winifred Wagner (1897), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), and James Meade (1907). After him are Frederic Leighton (1830), Sydney Chaplin (1885), Colin McRae (1968), Hugh Griffith (1912), Henry Royce (1863), and Joseph Wright of Derby (1734).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Colin Dexter ranks 127. Before him are Allan Pinkerton (1819), James Murray (1837), Robert Browning (1812), Jane Hawking (1944), Seamus Heaney (1939), and Winifred Wagner (1897). After him are Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Vita Sackville-West (1892), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), Allen Carr (1934), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), and Evelyn Waugh (1903).

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