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Eric Linklater

1899 - 1974

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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 203,989 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Eric Linklater is the 6,537th most popular writer (down from 6,104th in 2019), the 5,823rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,735th in 2019) and the 668th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Juan in America
Social conditions, Fiction, United states, fiction
1931
The men of Ness
1932
Magnus Merriman
1934
White-maa's saga
1929
Private Angelo
Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, general
1946
The wind on the moon
Sisters, Fantasy, Children's stories
In the English village of Midmeddlecum, sisters Dinah and Dorinda struggle to keep their promise to try to be good when their father goes off to war, but they soon get into a great deal of mischief.
1944

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eric Linklater ranks 6,537 out of 7,302. Before him are Dennis Prager, Anthony Boucher, Jeff Noon, Dorothy E. Smith, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, and Somaly Mam. After him are Didier Van Cauwelaert, Dimitris Lyacos, Katharine Gun, Alice Hoffman, Geetanjali Shree, and Bessie Head.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Eric Linklater ranks 320. Before him are Ezra Taft Benson, George K. Arthur, Jimmie Davis, Paul Kelly, Marie Mosquini, and Clarence Oldfield. After him are Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, Allen Tate, Stanley Skewes, Genevieve Tobin, Gertrude Berg, and Randall Thompson. Among people deceased in 1974, Eric Linklater ranks 256. Before him are Patricia Collinge, Robert Ellis, Ken Myers, Tina Brooks, Wally Kinnear, and Ilona Massey. After him are Maureen Gardner, Jim Bausch, Ernest Gruening, Bill Aston, Dorothy Fields, and Norman Kirk.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Linklater ranks 5,823 out of 8,785. Before him are Edmund Andros (1637), Jeff Noon (1957), Dorothy E. Smith (1926), Joe Cole (1988), Neil Young (1944), and Mike Coughlan (1959). After him are William Forsell Kirby (1844), Emma D'Arcy (1992), Gillian Gilbert (1961), David Herd (1934), John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847), and John Riseley-Prichard (1924).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eric Linklater ranks 668. Before him are Charles Stross (1964), John Gribbin (1946), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Richard Lovelace (1617), Jeff Noon (1957), and Dorothy E. Smith (1926). After him are Katharine Gun (1974), Dinah Craik (1826), Pippa Middleton (1983), William Wycherley (1640), Cressida Cowell (1966), and Irving Finkel (1951).

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