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Damon Knight

1922 - 2002

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Damon Francis Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002) was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He is the author of "To Serve Man", a 1950 short story adapted for The Twilight Zone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damon Knight has received more than 238,654 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Damon Knight is the 4,538th most popular writer (down from 4,206th in 2019), the 6,379th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,924th in 2019) and the 516th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Damon Knight ranks 4,538 out of 5,755. Before him are Sylvia Browne, Andrejs Upīts, Peter F. Hamilton, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Enric Valor i Vives, and Igor Newerly. After him are John Gower, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Robert Richardson, Melissa Mathison, Henry of Huntingdon, and Jacques Roubaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Damon Knight ranks 278. Before him are Rory Calhoun, Pino Cerami, Stanislav Rostotsky, Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Lorenzo Antonetti, and Nino Bibbia. After him are Alfred G. Knudson, Solomana Kante, Yao Lee, Oscar Pettiford, Lukas Foss, and Neal Hefti. Among people deceased in 2002, Damon Knight ranks 209. Before him are Ramiro de León Carpio, John Eriksen, Carmelo Bene, Michel Boisrond, Sanya Dharmasakti, and Richard Helms. After him are R. M. Hare, Lotfia Elnadi, William Luther Pierce, Barry Foster, Neal E. Miller, and R. A. Lafferty.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Damon Knight ranks 6,379 out of 18,182. Before him are Benjamin Orr (1947), Sylvia Browne (1936), Paul Gray (1972), D. B. Woodside (1969), Nancy Chodorow (1944), and Richard Helms (1913). After him are Renee O'Connor (1971), Alfred G. Knudson (1922), James H. Clark (1944), Eli Lilly (1838), John Larroquette (1947), and Eric Stonestreet (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Damon Knight ranks 516. Before him are Jane Bowles (1917), Lydia Davis (1947), Helen Thomas (1920), Alan Dean Foster (1946), Francis Davis Millet (1848), and Sylvia Browne (1936). After him are Robert Richardson (1955), Melissa Mathison (1950), Arthur Golden (1956), Timothy Zahn (1951), Richard Powers (1957), and David Weber (1952).

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