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Dick King-Smith

1922 - 2011

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Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011) was an English writer of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983). It was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick King-Smith has received more than 432,885 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Dick King-Smith is the 6,313th most popular writer (down from 5,582nd in 2019), the 5,407th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,722nd in 2019) and the 616th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dick King-Smith ranks 6,313 out of 7,302. Before him are John Toll, William H. Gass, Jean Stafford, Humphrey Carpenter, Brian Moore, and Alastair Reynolds. After him are Sandra Cisneros, Bill Bright, Kari Hotakainen, Roddy Doyle, Sándor Csoóri, and Christina Hoff Sommers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Dick King-Smith ranks 426. Before him are Andy Phillip, Joan Copeland, William Schallert, Willi Heeks, George R. Price, and Emil Wolf. After him are Leslie Marr, Bert I. Gordon, Johnny Thomson, John B. Anderson, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, and Helen Gurley Brown. Among people deceased in 2011, Dick King-Smith ranks 446. Before him are Tom Aldredge, Masushi Ouchi, Sada Thompson, Kathy Kirby, Dietrich Stobbe, and Yoshihiro Hamaguchi. After him are Khamis Gaddafi, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Doris Belack, Naoki Matsuda, Jack Layton, and Elaine Stewart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dick King-Smith ranks 5,407 out of 8,785. Before him are Rhodri Morgan (1939), Brian Moore (1921), Edwyn Collins (1959), Bukayo Saka (2001), Cecil Sharp (1859), and Alastair Reynolds (1966). After him are Margaret Wycherly (1881), Leslie Marr (1922), Tebbs Lloyd Johnson (1900), Eve Best (1971), Lysette Anthony (1963), and Anna Chancellor (1965).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dick King-Smith ranks 616. Before him are Lascelles Abercrombie (1881), Caryl Churchill (1938), Joanna Baillie (1762), Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Brian Moore (1921), and Alastair Reynolds (1966). After him are Thomas Warton (1728), Andrew Davies (1936), Henry Vaughan (1621), William Roscoe (1753), Stella Gibbons (1902), and Kathleen Raine (1908).

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