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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, Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He was knighted in the 1952 Birthday Honours List. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Compton Mackenzie is the 6,491st most popular writer (down from 6,348th in 2024), the 5,851st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,489th in 2019) and the 654th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Compton Mackenzie ranks 6,491 out of 7,302. Before him are Janne Teller, Akif Pirinçci, Damon Lindelof, Colley Cibber, Louis de Bernières, and Mark Akenside. After him are George S. Kaufman, Michael Rosen, Ti-Grace Atkinson, Ayi Kwei Armah, Saunders Lewis, and Yulia Latynina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Compton Mackenzie ranks 274. Before him are Edna May Oliver, Lesley Ashburner, Francis X. Bushman, Margaret Morse Nice, Cyril Burt, and Pauline Frederick. After him are Johan Olin, Leo Goodwin, Seán Mac Diarmada, Mary Forbes, Polly Moran, and Elsie Ferguson. Among people deceased in 1972, Compton Mackenzie ranks 257. Before him are Marilyn Maxwell, Isabel Jewell, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Tor Lund, Yevgeni Babich, and Marie Wilson. After him are Dorothy Dalton, Geeta Dutt, Richard Louis Duckett, William Boyd, Oscar Levant, and Rochelle Hudson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Compton Mackenzie ranks 5,853 out of 8,785. Before him are Jackie Lewis (1936), Louis de Bernières (1954), Mark Akenside (1721), Dan McKenzie (1942), Gillian Sheen (1928), and Zoella (1990). After him are Will Poulter (1993), Harry Pollitt (1890), Alan Cottrell (1919), Michael Rosen (1946), Anna Chancellor (1965), and Saunders Lewis (1893).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Compton Mackenzie ranks 654. Before him are Thomas Hood (1799), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), Thomas Hughes (1822), Colley Cibber (1671), Louis de Bernières (1954), and Mark Akenside (1721). After him are Michael Rosen (1946), Saunders Lewis (1893), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Walter Besant (1836), Naomi Mitchison (1897), and Elizabeth Inchbald (1753).

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