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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 394,426 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Dick King-Smith is the 5,602nd most popular writer (down from 4,897th in 2019), the 4,734th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,040th in 2019) and the 532nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dick King-Smith ranks 5,602 out of 5,755. Before him are Ruskin Bond, Izzat Ghazzawi, Daína Chaviano, Harry Turtledove, Chen Danqing, and Mehmed Uzun. After him are Naja Marie Aidt, Michael Parenti, John Toll, Alice Sebold, Alyson Noël, and Alain LeRoy Locke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Dick King-Smith ranks 364. Before him are Milton H. Greene, William Schallert, George R. Price, Niels Holst-Sørensen, Jesús Iglesias, and Hattie Jacques. After him are Cécile DeWitt-Morette, Fyvush Finkel, Rudolf Haag, Les Baxter, Roger Gautier, and Héctor Rossetto. Among people deceased in 2011, Dick King-Smith ranks 378. Before him are Giovanni Saldarini, François Nourissier, Mick Karn, Mika Myllylä, Pavol Demitra, and Flemming Jørgensen. After him are Kurt Lundquist, Jet Harris, Kjell Johansson, Sylvia Robinson, Roger Gautier, and Dietrich Stobbe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dick King-Smith ranks 4,734 out of 7,765. Before him are Ron Greenwood (1921), Tommy Flowers (1905), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1990), Sonya Walger (1974), Jessie J (1988), and Robert Hamer (1911). After him are Alec Jeffreys (1950), Harry Lloyd (1983), Julie Driscoll Tippetts (1947), William Kirby (1759), Jet Harris (1939), and Mike Hodges (1932).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dick King-Smith ranks 532. Before him are Brian Moore (1921), Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Roma Ryan (1950), Edmund Gosse (1849), Ernest Dowson (1867), and John Barbour (1316). After him are John Skelton (1460), John Betjeman (1906), Anna Löwenstein (1951), Owen Barfield (1898), Simon Sebag Montefiore (1965), and Hammond Innes (1913).

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