WRITER

Eleanor Hibbert

1906 - 1993

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Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen name: Jean Plaidy for fictionalized history of European royalty and the three volumes of her history of the Spanish Inquisition, Victoria Holt for gothic romances, and Philippa Carr for a multi-generational family saga. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eleanor Hibbert has received more than 316,703 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Eleanor Hibbert is the 3,995th most popular writer (down from 3,330th in 2019), the 2,869th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,467th in 2019) and the 324th most popular British Writer.

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  • 50.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eleanor Hibbert ranks 3,995 out of 7,302. Before her are Ralph Ellison, Sarah Kirsch, Alexander Neckam, Mary Norton, Jan Wolkers, and Tad Williams. After her are Grigol Abashidze, Anne-Cath. Vestly, Eduard von Keyserling, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Jacob of Edessa, and Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Eleanor Hibbert ranks 225. Before her are Betti Alver, Tony Accardo, Luo Ruiqing, Tamara Khanum, Rudolf Krčil, and Bart Bok. After her are Olga Taussky-Todd, Kathleen Kenyon, Frank H. Netter, Harri Larva, Johnny Hodges, and Knut Kroon. Among people deceased in 1993, Eleanor Hibbert ranks 154. Before her are Guido del Mestri, Alexandre Trauner, John Frost, Sam Wanamaker, Roy Raymond, and Paul Mebus. After her are Reuben Fine, Gordon Douglas, Albert Collins, Bob Kiesel, Camargo Guarnieri, and Giuseppe Occhialini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eleanor Hibbert ranks 2,869 out of 8,785. Before her are Alexander Neckam (1157), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), Paul Kennedy (1945), James David Forbes (1809), Mary Norton (1903), and Damaris Cudworth Masham (1659). After her are Cara Delevingne (1992), Jenson Button (1980), Peter Pears (1910), Billy Bremner (1942), Brian Ferneyhough (1943), and Joseph Morgan (1981).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eleanor Hibbert ranks 324. Before her are Nevil Shute (1899), James Allen (1864), Joan Aiken (1924), John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647), Alexander Neckam (1157), and Mary Norton (1903). After her are Michael Morpurgo (1943), Anita Brookner (1928), Fay Weldon (1931), Maria Edgeworth (1768), Eric Frank Russell (1905), and Peter Cheyney (1896).

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