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Colin Wilson

1931 - 2013

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Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English existentialist philosopher-novelist. He also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal, eventually writing more than a hundred books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Wilson has received more than 662,166 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Colin Wilson is the 1,898th most popular writer (down from 1,594th in 2019), the 1,449th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,283rd in 2019) and the 156th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The philosopher's stone
Fiction in English
1969
The outsider
Civilization, Philosophy, History and criticism
The Outsider is a non-fiction book by Colin Wilson first published in 1956. Through the works and lives of various artists - including H. G. Wells (Mind at the End of its Tether), Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, T. S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, Harley Granville-Barker (The Secret Life), Herman Hesse, T. E. Lawrence, Vincent Van Gogh, Vaslav Nijinsky, George Bernard Shaw, William Blake, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoevsky and G. I. Gurdjieff - Wilson explores the psyche of the Outsider, his effect on society, and society's effect on him.
1956
The mind parasites
Fiction, Mind and body, Thought and thinking
1967
Poltergeist
Haunted houses, Poltergeists, Ghosts
1981
The Keep
Movies, Motion Pictures, Films
1981
The Occult
Histoire, Occultisme
1971

Page views of Colin Wilsons by language

Over the past year Colin Wilson has had the most page views in the with 69,787 views, followed by Japanese (17,456), and Russian (7,239). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (95.71%), Simple English (86.27%), and Catalan (53.00%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Colin Wilson ranks 1,898 out of 7,302. Before him are Uri Orlev, Brian Aldiss, Augustin Barruel, Valery Bryusov, Nora Ephron, and Begum Rokeya. After him are Luis de León, José de Espronceda, Voltairine de Cleyre, Erinna, Khushal Khattak, and Joseph Addison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Colin Wilson ranks 130. Before him are Margarita Lozano, Marianne Koch, Masaaki Hatsumi, Haya Harareet, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, and Uri Orlev. After him are Shadia, Claire Bloom, Ken Takakura, Rip Torn, John Milnor, and Pierre Nora. Among people deceased in 2013, Colin Wilson ranks 109. Before him are Taihō Kōki, Frederik Pohl, Deanna Durbin, Tuncel Kurtiz, Alvin Lee, and Rosalía Mera. After him are Dokka Umarov, Bernadette Lafont, Zillur Rahman, Pietro Mennea, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, and Seki Matsunaga.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Wilson ranks 1,449 out of 8,785. Before him are David Bradley (1942), George Arliss (1868), Reginald Doherty (1872), Maurice Wilkes (1913), Brian Aldiss (1925), and Kate Sheppard (1848). After him are Joseph Addison (1672), Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), George Romney (1734), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Sandie Shaw (1947), and Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Colin Wilson ranks 156. Before him are Arthur Machen (1863), Anne Perry (1938), Ted Hughes (1930), Malcolm Lowry (1909), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), and Brian Aldiss (1925). After him are Joseph Addison (1672), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Thomas Wyatt (1503), Edward Young (1683), Anthony Trollope (1815), and Robert Southey (1774).

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