1899 - 1974
Eric Robert Russell Linklater CBE (8 March 1899 – 7 November 1974) was a Welsh-born Scottish poet, fiction writer, military historian, and travel writer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Linklater has received more than 184,975 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Eric Linklater is the 6,128th most popular writer (down from 5,220th in 2019), the 5,748th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,670th in 2019) and the 638th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Eric Linklater ranks 6,128 out of 5,755. Before him are Miro Gavran, Sebastian Faulks, Wolf Haas, Roberto Orci, Ingo Schulze, and Kristina Ohlsson. After him are Leonard Maltin, Liane Moriarty, Audrey Niffenegger, Mercy Otis Warren, Leena Lehtolainen, and Katherine Schwarzenegger.
1961 - Present
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 6,122
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 6,123
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 6,124
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.38
Rank: 6,125
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.37
Rank: 6,126
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 6,127
1899 - 1974
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 6,128
1950 - Present
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 6,129
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 6,130
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 6,131
1728 - 1814
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 6,132
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.28
Rank: 6,133
1989 - Present
HPI: 36.28
Rank: 6,134
Among people born in 1899, Eric Linklater ranks 273. Before him are Phyllis Haver, Dwight Frye, Percy Lavon Julian, Gertrude Berg, Randall Thompson, and Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe. After him are Carmel Myers, Allen Tate, Genevieve Tobin, John Sparkman, and Takashi Kawanishi. Among people deceased in 1974, Eric Linklater ranks 235. Before him are Gabriel Thorstensen, Edna Best, Anders Lange, Patricia Collinge, Ken Myers, and Dorothy Fields. After him are John Crowe Ransom and Norman Kirk.
1899 - 1960
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 267
1899 - 1943
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 268
1899 - 1975
HPI: 38.37
Rank: 269
1899 - 1966
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 270
1899 - 1984
HPI: 37.78
Rank: 271
1899 - 1977
HPI: 37.46
Rank: 272
1899 - 1974
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 273
1899 - 1980
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 274
1899 - 1979
HPI: 36.21
Rank: 275
1899 - 1995
HPI: 36.09
Rank: 276
1899 - 1985
HPI: 31.76
Rank: 277
1899 - Present
HPI: 30.32
Rank: 278
1888 - 1974
HPI: 39.71
Rank: 229
1900 - 1974
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 230
1904 - 1974
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 231
1892 - 1974
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 232
1896 - 1974
HPI: 38.19
Rank: 233
1904 - 1974
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 234
1899 - 1974
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 235
1888 - 1974
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 236
1923 - 1974
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 237
Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Linklater ranks 5,748 out of 7,765. Before him are Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), Liz Truss (1975), Richard Seddon (1845), Eoin MacNeill (1867), Gregg Sulkin (1992), and Louise Brealey (1979). After him are Scott McTominay (1996), Michail Antonio (1990), Heather Sears (1935), Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford (1960), Andy Sutcliffe (1947), and Susannah Harker (1965).
1906 - 1995
HPI: 36.37
Rank: 5,742
1975 - Present
HPI: 36.37
Rank: 5,743
1845 - 1906
HPI: 36.36
Rank: 5,744
1867 - 1945
HPI: 36.34
Rank: 5,745
1992 - Present
HPI: 36.34
Rank: 5,746
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 5,747
1899 - 1974
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 5,748
1996 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 5,749
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 5,750
1935 - 1994
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 5,751
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 5,752
1947 - 2015
HPI: 36.30
Rank: 5,753
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.30
Rank: 5,754
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eric Linklater ranks 638. Before him are Clemence Dane (1888), Charles Stross (1964), Hugh MacDiarmid (1892), Carol Ann Duffy (1955), Robert Bridges (1844), and Sebastian Faulks (1953). After him are Sabine Baring-Gould (1834), Tom Rob Smith (1979), John Mortimer (1923), Benjamin Jowett (1817), Andrea Levy (1956), and Anna Burns (1962).
1888 - 1965
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 632
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 633
1892 - 1978
HPI: 36.61
Rank: 634
1955 - Present
HPI: 36.51
Rank: 635
1844 - 1930
HPI: 36.47
Rank: 636
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 637
1899 - 1974
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 638
1834 - 1924
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 639
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.90
Rank: 640
1923 - 2009
HPI: 35.89
Rank: 641
1817 - 1893
HPI: 35.64
Rank: 642
1956 - 2019
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 643
1962 - Present
HPI: 35.48
Rank: 644