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Eric Frank Russell

1905 - 1978

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Eric Frank Russell (January 6, 1905 – February 28, 1978) was a British writer best known for his science fiction novels and short stories. Much of his work was first published in the United States, in John W. Campbell's Astounding Science Fiction and other pulp magazines. Russell also wrote horror fiction for Weird Tales and non-fiction articles on Fortean topics. Up to 1955 several of his stories were published under pseudonyms, at least Duncan H. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Frank Russell has received more than 152,823 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Frank Russell is the 4,092nd most popular writer (down from 3,875th in 2019), the 2,934th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,852nd in 2019) and the 329th most popular British Writer.

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  • 17

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  • 5.17

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  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eric Frank Russell ranks 4,092 out of 7,302. Before him are Karel Píč, Arkady Averchenko, İbrahim Şinasi, Saadat Hasan Manto, James Krüss, and Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg. After him are David Crane, T. C. Boyle, Lilian Jackson Braun, Petrus Borel, Jean de Brunhoff, and Sergei Mavrodi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Eric Frank Russell ranks 213. Before him are Irawati Karve, Walter Zapp, Colin Clark, Tamar Abakelia, Rózsa Péter, and Laura Perls. After him are Antonio Berni, Markos Vamvakaris, Albert Dekker, Fulvio Bernardini, Luis Vargas Peña, and Araken Patusca. Among people deceased in 1978, Eric Frank Russell ranks 154. Before him are Luo Ruiqing, Theo Lingen, Kathleen Kenyon, Zenta Mauriņa, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Alfred Müller-Armack. After him are Leigh Brackett, Léon Damas, Mary Blair, Theodor Tolsdorff, Duncan Grant, and Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Frank Russell ranks 2,934 out of 8,785. Before him are Elizabeth Fry (1780), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), John Walter Gregory (1864), Christopher Hogwood (1941), Joe Jordan (1951), and Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812). After him are Reece James (1999), Francis Lee (1944), Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621), Ronald Neame (1911), Geoffrey Howe (1926), and Teresa Ann Savoy (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eric Frank Russell ranks 329. Before him are Mary Norton (1903), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Michael Morpurgo (1943), Anita Brookner (1928), Fay Weldon (1931), and Maria Edgeworth (1768). After him are Peter Cheyney (1896), Jackie Collins (1937), Helen Fielding (1958), John Christopher (1922), Susanna Hall (1583), and Sue Townsend (1946).

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