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Donald Rayfield

1942 - Today

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Patrick Donald Rayfield OBE (born 12 February 1942, Oxford) is an English academic and Emeritus Professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary University of London. He is an author of books about Russian and Georgian literature, and about Joseph Stalin and his secret police. He is also a series editor for books about Russian writers and intelligentsia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Rayfield has received more than 87,620 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Rayfield is the 5,195th most popular writer (down from 4,487th in 2019), the 3,882nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,348th in 2019) and the 436th most popular British Writer.

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  • 88k

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  • 54.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Donald Rayfield ranks 5,195 out of 7,302. Before him are Antti Tuuri, Gabriel Miró, Anna Haava, Bertalan Szemere, Nicholas Culpeper, and Philip Agee. After him are John Farey Sr., Gesualdo Bufalino, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, Rita Mae Brown, Solomana Kante, and Clara Reeve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Donald Rayfield ranks 499. Before him are Michael Ogio, Michael Nesmith, Tom Belsø, Egil Olsen, Klaus Sammer, and Wayne Newton. After him are Roger Swerts, Lola Falana, Ferenc Kiss, Bernard Bosquier, Diana Yorgova, and Asha Parekh.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Rayfield ranks 3,882 out of 8,785. Before him are Havergal Brian (1876), H. B. Warner (1876), Nicholas Culpeper (1616), Thomas Andrew Knight (1759), Alex Kingston (1963), and Cassandra Austen (1773). After him are John Farey Sr. (1766), Aaron Arrowsmith (1750), Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), Nicola Sturgeon (1970), John Ogdon (1937), and Tommy Green (1894).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Donald Rayfield ranks 436. Before him are William Davenant (1606), George Borrow (1803), Jonathan Stroud (1970), Anne V. Coates (1925), Elizabeth Goudge (1900), and Nicholas Culpeper (1616). After him are John Farey Sr. (1766), Clara Reeve (1729), David McKee (1935), Bob Shaw (1931), George Crabbe (1754), and Ælfric of Eynsham (955).

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