WRITER

Edward Rutherfurd

1948 - Today

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Edward Rutherfurd is a pen name for Francis Edward Wintle (born in 1948). He is best known as a writer of epic historical novels that span long periods of history but are set in particular places. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Rutherfurd has received more than 415,452 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Edward Rutherfurd is the 5,484th most popular writer (down from 4,885th in 2019), the 4,173rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,761st in 2019) and the 471st most popular British Writer.

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  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edward Rutherfurd ranks 5,484 out of 7,302. Before him are Luis Rosales, Henryk Rzewuski, Carlo Porta, Elizabeth Montagu, Carl Amery, and Julia Navarro. After him are Jean-Philippe Toussaint, José Santos Chocano, René de Obaldia, Iryna Vilde, Bruno Heller, and Boris Lavrenyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Edward Rutherfurd ranks 531. Before him are Nancy Kress, Lajos Kű, Mikheil Korkia, Karen Wetterhahn, Jürgen Marcus, and John Foxx. After him are Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, Bülent Arınç, Bernd Franke, Telma Hopkins, Abdul Quader Molla, and Ján Čapkovič.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Rutherfurd ranks 4,173 out of 8,785. Before him are Herbert Ponting (1870), Myra Hess (1890), Gavin Harrison (1963), Elizabeth Montagu (1718), Isaac Pitman (1813), and Sebastian Cabot (1918). After him are Peter Osgood (1947), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), Margaret Leighton (1922), Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914), Philippa York (1958), and David Walliams (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edward Rutherfurd ranks 471. Before him are Kate Atkinson (1951), William Muir (1819), Roger Hargreaves (1935), John Marston (1576), Emilia Lanier (1569), and Elizabeth Montagu (1718). After him are Bruno Heller (1960), Thomas Nashe (1567), Steven Moffat (1961), Robert Herrick (1591), Antonia Fraser (1932), and Jacqueline Wilson (1945).

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