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George MacDonald Fraser

1925 - 2008

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George MacDonald Fraser (2 April 1925 – 2 January 2008) was a Scottish author and screenwriter. He is best known for a series of works that featured the character Flashman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George MacDonald Fraser has received more than 500,899 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. George MacDonald Fraser is the 6,504th most popular writer (down from 5,638th in 2019), the 5,779th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,853rd in 2019) and the 659th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George MacDonald Fraser ranks 6,504 out of 7,302. Before her are Lidija Dimkovska, Vachel Lindsay, Ogden Nash, John Arden, Jasper Fforde, and Christopher Moore. After her are Countee Cullen, F. Sionil José, Patrick Kavanagh, Richelle Mead, John Lydgate, and Alice Sebold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, George MacDonald Fraser ranks 510. Before her are Robert Cormier, Finn Pedersen, Cara Williams, Aristid Lindenmayer, Christopher Zeeman, and Bobby Ball. After her are Ted Lindsay, Morgan Woodward, Virginia Capers, Jimmy Dickinson, Peggy Cummins, and John Compton. Among people deceased in 2008, George MacDonald Fraser ranks 378. Before her are Maryvonne Dupureur, Ramiro Navarro, Chuck Daigh, Forrest J Ackerman, Hazel Court, and Julie Ege. After her are Tsvetanka Khristova, B. R. Chopra, El Kazovsky, Francis Pym, John Rutsey, and Don LaFontaine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George MacDonald Fraser ranks 5,779 out of 8,785. Before her are Martyn Poliakoff (1947), John Arden (1930), Juno Temple (1989), Bartholomew Gosnold (1572), Allenby Chilton (1918), and Jasper Fforde (1961). After her are Ninian Stephen (1923), Edward Andrade (1887), Alan Cox (1968), John Lydgate (1370), Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (1868), and Dave Greenfield (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George MacDonald Fraser ranks 659. Before her are Sabine Baring-Gould (1834), Walter Besant (1836), Angus Wilson (1913), Felicia Hemans (1793), John Arden (1930), and Jasper Fforde (1961). After her are John Lydgate (1370), Sidney Lee (1859), Charles Stross (1964), John Gribbin (1946), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), and Richard Lovelace (1617).

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