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Edward James

1907 - 1984

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Edward Frank Willis James (16 August 1907 – 2 December 1984) was a British poet known for his patronage of the surrealist art movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward James has received more than 443,153 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward James is the 4,758th most popular writer, the 3,454th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 392nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edward James ranks 4,758 out of 7,302Before him are Robert Ettinger, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Nigâr Hanım, Louise Otto-Peters, and Lucius Shepard. After him are Milo Yiannopoulos, Hans Werner Richter, Zeruya Shalev, Sue Grafton, Mikhail Kheraskov, and Graciliano Ramos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Edward James ranks 263Before him are Ramón de la Fuente Leal, Sigmund Ruud, Roger Blin, Earl Tupper, Ramón Guzmán, and Alberto Chividini. After him are Tommy Hampson, Dan Duryea, Crisant Bosch, Andrei Glanzmann, Raymond Abellio, and Walter Nausch. Among people deceased in 1984, Edward James ranks 176Before him are Martín Marculeta, Tommy Cooper, Karel Kolský, Garry Winogrand, Toivo Loukola, and Roger Blin. After him are May McAvoy, Nariz, Kazuo Hasegawa, Fedir Bohatyrchuk, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, and Emilio Rodríguez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward James ranks 3,454 out of 8,785Before him are Jill Esmond (1908), Jane Lapotaire (1944), Kyle Walker (1990), Henry de Bracton (1210), Eddie Chapman (1914), and Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1946). After him are Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), Keir Starmer (1962), James Mellaart (1925), Cherie Blair (1954), and Nora Stanton Barney (1883).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edward James ranks 392Before him are Edith Sitwell (1887), William Tenn (1920), Brian Lumley (1937), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), E. L. James (1963), and Val McDermid (1955). After him are Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), Hannah More (1745), Robert Bolt (1924), William Martin Leake (1777), Nicholas Evans (1950), and John Lyly (1554).