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Evelyn Waugh

1903 - 1966

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Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945), and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–1961). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evelyn Waugh has received more than 3,210,065 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Evelyn Waugh is the 1,440th most popular writer (down from 1,415th in 2019), the 1,149th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,111th in 2019) and the 127th most popular British Writer.

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Evelyn Waugh ranks 1,440 out of 5,755. Before him are Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, Georges Feydeau, Du Mu, Giovannino Guareschi, and Heiner Müller. After him are Wen Tianxiang, Dorothy Parker, Christian Morgenstern, Allen Carr, Tom Wolfe, and Sadriddin Ayni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Evelyn Waugh ranks 81. Before him are Lou Gehrig, Johannes Heesters, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Benjamin Spock, Sadegh Hedayat, and Joan Robinson. After him are Werner Best, Charles W. Morris, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Walker Evans, Heinz Reinefarth, and Yisrael Kristal. Among people deceased in 1966, Evelyn Waugh ranks 54. Before him are Margaret Sanger, Battista Farina, Siegfried Kracauer, Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, L. E. J. Brouwer, and Edward Gordon Craig. After him are Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Georges Duhamel, Demchugdongrub, Sadao Araki, Yasuji Okamura, and Charles Whitman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Evelyn Waugh ranks 1,149 out of 7,765. Before him are Joseph Banks (1743), John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), Adelard of Bath (1075), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), Victor Turner (1920), and Annie Chapman (1841). After him are Allen Carr (1934), James Black (1924), William Adelin (1103), George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), Jimmy Greaves (1940), and George Canning (1770).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Evelyn Waugh ranks 127. Before him are Colin Dexter (1930), Matthew Lewis (1775), Robert Faurisson (1929), Robert Browning (1812), Joseph Needham (1900), and James Murray (1837). After him are Allen Carr (1934), Michael Moorcock (1939), Samuel Pepys (1633), Lee Child (1954), P. D. James (1920), and Elizabeth Siddal (1829).

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