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E. B. White

1899 - 1985

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Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer. He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). In a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, Charlotte's Web was ranked first in their poll of the top one hundred children's novels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. B. White has received more than 2,185,158 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). E. B. White is the 3,673rd most popular writer (up from 3,860th in 2019), the 4,903rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,238th in 2019) and the 413th most popular American Writer.

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  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, E. B. White ranks 3,673 out of 5,755. Before him are Mouloud Mammeri, Georgette Heyer, Yevgeny Petrov, Stevan Sremac, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, and Alexandru Macedonski. After him are Mordecai Richler, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Fernán Caballero, Karel Teige, Robert Fisk, and Petko Slaveykov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, E. B. White ranks 167. Before him are Filipp Oktyabrsky, Eugeniusz Bodo, Giuseppe Amato, Jeralean Talley, Leo Borchard, and Kamala Nehru. After him are Ramón Muttis, Rudolf Svensson, John Christie, Joseph Guillemot, Weegee, and Arvīds Pelše. Among people deceased in 1985, E. B. White ranks 125. Before him are Clarence Nash, Michel Audiard, Sanjeev Kumar, Helene Engelmann, Big Joe Turner, and Ernest Nagel. After him are Alexander Mikulin, Viorica Ursuleac, Penn Nouth, Henry Hansen, Laura Ashley, and Gerhard Stöck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, E. B. White ranks 4,903 out of 18,182. Before him are Tom Hayden (1939), Wilson Bentley (1865), Peter Jacobson (1965), Charles Yerkes (1837), Gina Torres (1969), and Shelley Long (1949). After him are Tyra Banks (1973), Bill Medley (1940), Roy Rogers (1911), William Daniels (1927), George Bellows (1882), and Carole Landis (1919).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, E. B. White ranks 413. Before him are Connie Willis (1945), Elaine May (1932), Rube Goldberg (1883), George Washington Williams (1849), Murray Leinster (1896), and Katherine Anne Porter (1890). After him are Dennis Lehane (1965), Donald Barthelme (1931), Henry Adams (1838), Sue Grafton (1940), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), and David Baldacci (1960).

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