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Eric Knight

1897 - 1943

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Eric Mowbray Knight (10 April 1897 – 15 January 1943) was an English novelist and screenwriter, who is mainly known for his 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home, which introduced the fictional collie Lassie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Knight has received more than 142,160 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Eric Knight is the 1,994th most popular writer (up from 2,467th in 2019), the 1,579th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,879th in 2019) and the 166th most popular British Writer.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eric Knight ranks 1,994 out of 5,755. Before him are Harlan Coben, Bartolomeo Platina, Paulinus II of Aquileia, Vazha-Pshavela, Cornelis Tromp, and Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius. After him are Julian Tuwim, Adikavi Pampa, Michael Cunningham, Sabahattin Ali, Izabela Czartoryska, and Michel Leiris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Eric Knight ranks 107. Before him are Herman J. Mankiewicz, Tarjei Vesaas, Joseph Darnand, Olga Chekhova, Carl Oberg, and Karol Świerczewski. After him are Nisargadatta Maharaj, Vaso Čubrilović, Fazlollah Zahedi, Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, Edmund Heines, and Nima Yooshij. Among people deceased in 1943, Eric Knight ranks 71. Before him are Ludwig von Reuter, Christoph Probst, Fethi Okyar, Yekaterina Budanova, Charlotte Salomon, and Hans Woellke. After him are Akira Matsunaga, Nordahl Grieg, Lin Sen, Senjūrō Hayashi, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and Vladimir Kokovtsov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Knight ranks 1,579 out of 7,765. Before him are Oliver Hart (1948), Maurice Wilkes (1913), Rupert Sheldrake (1942), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), Rafael Merry del Val (1865), and Roger Hunt (1938). After him are George Smith (1840), Kate Moss (1974), Sam Worthington (1976), James Edward Smith (1759), Steve Hackett (1950), and Walter Bagehot (1826).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eric Knight ranks 166. Before him are George MacDonald (1824), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), Sister Nivedita (1867), Vita Sackville-West (1892), Karen Armstrong (1944), and William Auld (1924). After him are Walter Bagehot (1826), Gerald Gardner (1884), James Herriot (1916), Philip Sidney (1554), Richard Adams (1920), and Taliesin (518).

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