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Eric Ambler

1909 - 1998

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Eric Clifford Ambler OBE (28 June 1909 – 22 October 1998) was an English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels, who introduced a new realism to the genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Ambler has received more than 521,278 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Eric Ambler is the 3,799th most popular writer (down from 3,378th in 2019), the 2,697th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,500th in 2019) and the 308th most popular British Writer.

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  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eric Ambler ranks 3,799 out of 7,302. Before him are Zhou Zuoren, Diphilus, Remmius Palaemon, Antonio Buero Vallejo, Kalhana, and Stevan Sremac. After him are Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Teffi, Kočo Racin, François Cavanna, Torgny Lindgren, and Francis Scott Key.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Eric Ambler ranks 211. Before him are Margaret Sullavan, André Clot, Guillermo León Valencia, Eva Justin, Phoumi Vongvichit, and Christophe Soglo. After him are Riccardo Cassin, Marcel Balsa, Ștefan Dobay, Adalbert Deșu, Ferenc Fejtő, and Irakli Abashidze. Among people deceased in 1998, Eric Ambler ranks 167. Before him are Christiane Rochefort, Jafar Sharif-Emami, Xue Yue, Konstantinos Kollias, Inge Scholl, and Théodore Sindikubwabo. After him are Rolan Bykov, Michèle Arnaud, Lilí Álvarez, Maurice Schumann, Bruno Rodzik, and Gloria Fuertes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Ambler ranks 2,697 out of 8,785. Before him are Jack Taylor (1930), Israel Zangwill (1864), Ron Atkinson (1939), Paul Davies (1946), Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), and Edward Colston (1636). After him are Samuel Morland (1625), Jimmy Gardner (1924), Asser (900), Philip Jackson (1948), Benedict Wong (1971), and Billy Boyd (1968).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eric Ambler ranks 308. Before him are Ian Rankin (1960), Rupert Brooke (1887), Nick Hornby (1957), Mary Renault (1905), Iain Banks (1954), and Israel Zangwill (1864). After him are Richard Hammond (1969), Francis Beaumont (1584), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), Minette Walters (1949), and William Hazlitt (1778).

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