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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 79,031 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Rayfield is the 4,501st most popular writer, the 3,356th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 385th most popular British Writer.

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  • 79k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Donald Rayfield ranks 4,501 out of 5,755Before him are Jane Bowles, Lydia Davis, Olavo Bilac, Paula Hawkins, Aleksey Koltsov, and Grace Aguilar. After him are H. C. Artmann, Angelo de Gubernatis, Qurratulain Hyder, Jacques Roumain, Dun Karm Psaila, and Manuel Alegre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Donald Rayfield ranks 423Before him are Lola Falana, John Ashcroft, Dobromir Zhechev, Peter Tork, Ramiro de León Carpio, and Lutz D. Schmadel. After him are Dith Pran, Ferenc Kiss, James Soong, Gabriela Adameșteanu, Tom Belsø, and Kevin Conway.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Rayfield ranks 3,356 out of 7,765Before him are John Walter Gregory (1864), Graeme Souness (1953), Frederick Browning (1896), John Farey Sr. (1766), Grace Aguilar (1816), and Jane Marcet (1769). After him are Michael Hurst (1957), Rupert Friend (1981), Kay Kendall (1927), Harry Maguire (1993), David Wilkie (1785), and Joe Jordan (1951).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Donald Rayfield ranks 385Before him are Christopher Priest (1943), Edward William Lane (1801), George Chapman (1559), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), John Farey Sr. (1766), and Grace Aguilar (1816). After him are W. W. Jacobs (1863), Robert Greene (1558), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), John Gower (1330), Henry of Huntingdon (1080), and Richard Bentley (1662).