1939 - 2024
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 55,657 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Donald Adamson is the 4,134th most popular writer (down from 3,794th in 2019), the 3,033rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,808th in 2019) and the 348th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Donald Adamson ranks 4,134 out of 5,755. Before him are Frankétienne, Yu Dafu, Cesare Balbo, Koji Suzuki, Hranush Arshagyan, and Jan Blahoslav. After him are Lloyd Alexander, Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, David Crane, Sofi Oksanen, and Lily Braun.
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,128
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,129
1789 - 1853
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,130
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,131
1887 - 1905
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 4,132
1523 - 1571
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 4,133
1939 - 2024
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 4,134
1924 - 2007
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 4,135
1866 - 1900
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 4,136
1859 - 1936
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 4,137
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 4,138
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 4,139
1865 - 1916
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 4,140
Among people born in 1939, Donald Adamson ranks 305. Before him are Miroslav Cerar, Ferdinand Bracke, Aleksandër Meksi, Ron Atkinson, Bob James, and Jaime Paz Zamora. After him are Giorgio Ferrini, Len Cariou, William Eggleston, Luigi Simoni, Franjo Gregurić, and Robert Herbin. Among people deceased in 2024, Donald Adamson ranks 36. Before him are James Kottak, James Herbert Brennan, Yury Solomin, Melanie, Jesse Jane, and Don Murray. After him are Miguel Ángel González Suárez, Sergio Sebastiani, Christopher Priest, Brian Lumley, Jorge Toro, and Giacomo Losi.
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 299
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 300
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 301
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 302
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 303
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 304
1939 - 2024
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 305
1939 - 1976
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 306
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 307
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 308
1939 - 2020
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 309
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 310
1939 - 2020
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 311
1962 - 2024
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 30
1940 - 2024
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 31
1935 - 2024
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 32
1947 - 2024
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 33
1980 - 2024
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 34
1929 - 2024
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 35
1939 - 2024
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 36
1947 - 2024
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 37
1931 - 2024
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 38
1943 - 2024
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 39
1937 - 2024
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 40
1939 - 2024
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 41
1935 - 2024
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 42
Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Adamson ranks 3,033 out of 7,765. Before him are Rosemary Sutcliff (1920), Tim Pigott-Smith (1946), Robert Kerr (1882), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Hayley Atwell (1982), and Billy Bremner (1942). After him are Bob Fitzsimmons (1863), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), William Lawes (1602), John Moore (1761), Michael Oakeshott (1901), and Christopher Eccleston (1964).
1920 - 1992
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 3,027
1946 - 2017
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 3,028
1882 - 1963
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 3,029
1880 - 1961
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 3,030
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 3,031
1942 - 1997
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 3,032
1939 - 2024
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 3,033
1863 - 1917
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 3,034
1838 - 1921
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 3,035
1602 - 1645
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3,036
1761 - 1809
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3,037
1901 - 1990
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3,038
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 3,039
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Donald Adamson ranks 348. Before him are Thomas Nashe (1567), Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), E. L. James (1963), Ronald Knox (1888), William Hazlitt (1778), and Rosemary Sutcliff (1920). After him are Sarah Kane (1971), Mary Norton (1903), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), Ian Rankin (1960), Graham Hancock (1950), and Maria Edgeworth (1768).
1567 - 1601
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 342
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 343
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 344
1888 - 1957
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 345
1778 - 1830
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 346
1920 - 1992
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 347
1939 - 2024
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 348
1971 - 1999
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 349
1903 - 1992
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 350
1878 - 1951
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 351
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 352
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 353
1768 - 1849
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 354