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David Crystal

1941 - Today

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David Crystal, (born 6 July 1941) is a British linguist who works on the linguistics of the English language. Crystal studied English at University College London and has lectured at Bangor University and the University of Reading. He was awarded an OBE in 1995 and a Fellowship of the British Academy in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Crystal has received more than 488,842 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). David Crystal is the 3,394th most popular writer (down from 3,285th in 2019), the 2,508th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,458th in 2019) and the 290th most popular British Writer.

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  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Crystal ranks 3,394 out of 5,755. Before him are Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Armand Salacrou, Eric Ambler, Mirza Khazar, Marc Levy, and Ramiro de Maeztu. After him are Wang Changling, Andrey Kurkov, Arnošt Muka, Stanisław Konarski, Mikhail Isakovsky, and Maria Deraismes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, David Crystal ranks 273. Before him are Michael Moriarty, Sally Kirkland, Chieko Baisho, Pak Seung-zin, Rafael Albrecht, and Tatyana Kuznetsova. After him are Bakili Muluzi, Randall Collins, Gorden Kaye, Christopher Hogwood, Navi Pillay, and Anne Tyler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Crystal ranks 2,508 out of 7,765. Before him are James H. Wilkinson (1919), Malo (487), Richard Dadd (1817), Andrew Ridgeley (1963), Eric Ambler (1909), and Leonard Hobhouse (1864). After him are Sigeberht of Wessex (750), David Chipperfield (1953), Veronica Cartwright (1949), Richard Swinburne (1934), Austin Osman Spare (1886), and Nick Kamen (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, David Crystal ranks 290. Before him are William Hope Hodgson (1877), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), Edith Durham (1863), Robert Chambers (1802), and Eric Ambler (1909). After him are Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), James Herbert Brennan (1940), Martin Amis (1949), Israel Zangwill (1864), Sue Townsend (1946), and John Aubrey (1626).

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