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E. E. Smith

1890 - 1965

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Edward Elmer Smith (May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965) was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. E. Smith has received more than 350,427 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). E. E. Smith is the 4,221st most popular writer (down from 4,077th in 2019), the 5,765th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,675th in 2019) and the 469th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, E. E. Smith ranks 4,221 out of 5,755. Before him are Ciro Alegría, Catherine Millet, Fran Lebowitz, Tanith Lee, Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, and Andrej Sládkovič. After him are Andreï Makine, Marek Hłasko, İbrahim Şinasi, Vincenzo Monti, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, and Jean-Richard Bloch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, E. E. Smith ranks 157. Before him are Jan de Vries, Robert Lindsay, Naima Wifstrand, Vera Inber, Ben Adams, and Elmer Niklander. After him are Thomas Tien Ken-sin, Ellen Osiier, Harold Spencer Jones, Ernst Deutsch, José Piendibene, and Luís de Freitas Branco. Among people deceased in 1965, E. E. Smith ranks 126. Before him are Aldo Nadi, Adlai Stevenson II, Konstantin Muraviev, Amílcar Barbuy, Mae Murray, and Erik Abrahamsson. After him are Marion Jones Farquhar, Henry Travers, Margaret Dumont, Alan Freed, Kōsaku Yamada, and Tommy Hampson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, E. E. Smith ranks 5,765 out of 18,182. Before him are Fran Lebowitz (1950), Roy Eldridge (1911), Mark Rolston (1956), James Stafford (1932), Richard D. Zanuck (1934), and Gary Ross (1956). After him are Jack Coleman (1958), Hal B. Wallis (1898), Xzibit (1974), Terence Trent D'Arby (1962), Tyson Gay (1982), and Morton Gould (1913).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, E. E. Smith ranks 469. Before him are Nicholas Pileggi (1933), John Piper (1946), Hart Crane (1899), Walter J. Ong (1912), John Gray (1951), and Fran Lebowitz (1950). After him are William Gibson (1914), Tracy Chevalier (1962), MacKenzie Scott (1970), Rod Serling (1924), John D. MacDonald (1916), and Anita Loos (1889).

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