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Compton Mackenzie

1883 - 1972

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Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of the co-founders in 1928 of the National Party of Scotland along with Hugh MacDiarmid, R. B. Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Compton Mackenzie has received more than 339,446 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Compton Mackenzie is the 5,751st most popular writer (down from 5,138th in 2019), the 5,039th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,509th in 2019) and the 564th most popular British Writer.

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  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Compton Mackenzie ranks 5,751 out of 5,755. Before him are Sam Lake, Michelle Paver, Robert Cormier, George Farquhar, Andrew Sarris, and Sonja Åkesson. After him are Pierdomenico Baccalario, Lidija Dimkovska, Raif Badawi, Thomas Beatie, Nahum Tate, and Michel Faber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Compton Mackenzie ranks 252. Before him are Max Horton, Francis X. Bushman, Pauline Frederick, Johan Olin, Seán Mac Diarmada, and Aurelio Mosquera. After him are Nora Stanton Barney, Polly Moran, C. Henry Gordon, Ralph Morgan, and Jay O'Brien. Among people deceased in 1972, Compton Mackenzie ranks 224. Before him are Geeta Dutt, Isabel Jewell, Oscar Levant, William Boyd, Frederico Paredes, and John Litel. After him are Clyde McPhatter, Józef Lange, Marie Wilson, Carl W. Stalling, Reverend Gary Davis, and Tor Lund.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Compton Mackenzie ranks 5,039 out of 7,765. Before him are Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865), Walter Rutherford (1857), Simon Kirke (1949), James McHenry (1753), Brian Murphy (1932), and John Speed (1551). After him are Rupert Sanders (1971), Jan Morris (1926), Frederic Moore (1830), Ingrid Newkirk (1949), Gracie Fields (1898), and Peter Lord (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Compton Mackenzie ranks 564. Before him are Frances Wright (1795), Chris Claremont (1950), Jeff Noon (1957), Mary Lamb (1764), Thomas Lodge (1558), and George Farquhar (1677). After him are Joyce Cary (1888), Paul Scott (1920), Dan Houser (1974), Michael Drayton (1563), Mo Hayder (1962), and Christopher Fry (1907).

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