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Donald Adamson

1939 - 2024

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Donald Adamson, (30 March 1939 – 18 January 2024), was a British literary scholar and historian. Books which he wrote include Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist, and Thinker about God and Balzac and the Tradition of the European Novel, as well as The Curriers' Company: A Modern History. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Adamson has received more than 61,284 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Donald Adamson is the 2,315th most popular writer (up from 4,121st in 2019), the 1,714th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,025th in 2019) and the 183rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.88

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  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Donald Adamson ranks 2,315 out of 7,302. Before him are Mircea Cărtărescu, Indro Montanelli, August Derleth, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Gabriel Matzneff, and Berthold Auerbach. After him are Wanda Wasilewska, Fujiwara no Teika, Kerstin Ekman, Vasko Popa, Sergei Nilus, and Nguyễn Du.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Donald Adamson ranks 160. Before him are Vladimir Menshov, Jason Miller, Ali Farka Touré, Ignacio Zoco, Elvīra Ozoliņa, and Frank Vincent. After him are Veruschka von Lehndorff, Karen Black, Takako Shimazu, Glauber Rocha, Alberto Festa, and Wendy Carlos. Among people deceased in 2024, Donald Adamson ranks 143. Before him are James Kottak, Tito Jackson, Levan Tediashvili, Guy Bonnet, Melanie, and Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark. After him are Terry Bisson, Alberto Festa, Vyacheslav Zudov, Juan Vicente Pérez, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, and Bennie Muller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Adamson ranks 1,714 out of 8,785. Before him are Cassivellaunus (-100), Bill Foulkes (1932), James Gillray (1756), James Ferguson (1797), Harold Laski (1893), and John Ross (1777). After him are George Rooke (1650), Wat Tyler (1341), Lulach (1030), Eadgifu of Wessex (null), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), and Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Donald Adamson ranks 183. Before him are Rebecca West (1892), David Ogilvy (1911), Eric Knight (1897), Christina Rossetti (1830), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), and Edward FitzGerald (1809). After him are Richard Aldington (1892), Kingsley Amis (1922), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), Terry Eagleton (1943), Philip Sidney (1554), and Walter Bagehot (1826).

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