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Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

1878 - 1957

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Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, (; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957), commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. He published more than 90 books during his lifetime, and his output consisted of hundreds of short stories, plays, novels, and essays. He gained a name in the 1910s as a great writer in the English-speaking world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany has received more than 429,082 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany is the 2,314th most popular writer (down from 1,730th in 2019), the 1,782nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,349th in 2019) and the 200th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 2,314 out of 5,755Before him are Orderic Vitalis, Ueda Akinari, Simon Dach, Mahsati, Johann Nestroy, and Li Shangyin. After him are Johann Froben, Terentianus, Jacob Cats, Ahmad Shamlou, Berthold Auerbach, and Alexandra Ripley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 81Before him are Jorge Ubico, Myer Prinstein, Edward Kasner, Zabel Yesayan, José Miaja, and Paul Hazard. After him are Grigory Petrovsky, Maurice René Fréchet, J. F. C. Fuller, Alexander Tamanian, Charles Joughin, and Michel Théato. Among people deceased in 1957, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 88Before him are Charles Pathé, Albert Anastasia, Sholem Asch, Umberto Saba, Paul Walden, and Wilhelm Filchner. After him are Georges Hébert, Eugène Schueller, Gheorghe Tătărescu, Joseph Canteloube, Bertha Krupp, and Halil Kut.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 1,782 out of 7,765Before him are Keith Flint (1969), Orderic Vitalis (1075), Tom Felton (1987), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Sandie Shaw (1947), and Roland Joffé (1945). After him are Andrew Wakefield (1957), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), Luke Evans (1979), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Arthur Rostron (1869), and Nicolas Roeg (1928).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 200Before him are John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647), Rebecca West (1892), William Beckford (1760), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), George Whitefield (1714), and Orderic Vitalis (1075). After him are James Boswell (1740), Clive Barker (1952), Michael Jackson (1942), Alan Sillitoe (1928), John Webster (1578), and Hamnet Shakespeare (1585).