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George Monbiot

1963 - Today

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George Joshua Richard Monbiot ( MON-bee-oh; born 27 January 1963) is a British journalist, author, and environmental and political activist. He writes a regular column for The Guardian and has written several books. Monbiot grew up in Oxfordshire and studied zoology at the University of Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Monbiot has received more than 1,588,062 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). George Monbiot is the 6,871st most popular writer (down from 6,297th in 2019), the 6,435th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,173rd in 2019) and the 719th most popular British Writer.

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  • 1.6M

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  • 37.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Feral
Restoration ecology, Environmental protection, Applied ecology
2013
No Man's Land
Turkana (African people), Description and travel, Travel
1994
Regenesis
2022
Poisoned Arrows
Description and travel, Ethnology, Cultuur
1989
The Age of Consent
World politics, Nonfiction, Politics
Having made a hugely significant contribution to the increasingly irrefutable, if alarming, diagnosis of the ills of early 21st century consumerist culture and its free-market myths, George Monbiot sets out now with this new book to offer something more constructive, a set of proposals – political, democratic, economic, environmental – that might effect the cultural change that many in the West (not to mention those on the outside of the West looking in) now want but scarcely know how to make happen.'The Age of Consent' is provocative, brave, even utopian. But, with most of the 20th century's Big Ideas dead in the gutter, it's time for a book that can be a touchstone for real debate about the political and economic presumptions and prejudices on which our society has rested since World War II.
2003
Heat
Popular works, Global warming, Climatic changes
Started to worry about just how hot our world is going to get, and whether you can do anything about it? As the effect of climate change grows by the day, so does the amount of hot air and bluster spouted by politicians and businessmen on what we should do about it. What with the excuses, the lies, the fudged figures, the PR greenwashing and the downright misinformation on the power of everything from wind turbines to carbon trading, when it comes to saving the world, most people don't know what they're talking about.Luckily, George Monbiot – scourge of big business, riler of governments, arch-enemy of climate change deniers everywhere – does. Packed with killer facts and inspiring ideas, shot through with passion and underlined by brilliant investigative journalism, with a copy of Heat you really can protect the planet.'I defy you to read this book and not feel motivated to change' The Times
2006
Regenesis
2022
Heat
Popular works, Global warming, Climatic changes
Started to worry about just how hot our world is going to get, and whether you can do anything about it? As the effect of climate change grows by the day, so does the amount of hot air and bluster spouted by politicians and businessmen on what we should do about it. What with the excuses, the lies, the fudged figures, the PR greenwashing and the downright misinformation on the power of everything from wind turbines to carbon trading, when it comes to saving the world, most people don't know what they're talking about.Luckily, George Monbiot – scourge of big business, riler of governments, arch-enemy of climate change deniers everywhere – does. Packed with killer facts and inspiring ideas, shot through with passion and underlined by brilliant investigative journalism, with a copy of Heat you really can protect the planet.'I defy you to read this book and not feel motivated to change' The Times
2006
Feral
Restoration ecology, Environmental protection, Applied ecology
2013
The Age of Consent
World politics, Nonfiction, Politics
Having made a hugely significant contribution to the increasingly irrefutable, if alarming, diagnosis of the ills of early 21st century consumerist culture and its free-market myths, George Monbiot sets out now with this new book to offer something more constructive, a set of proposals – political, democratic, economic, environmental – that might effect the cultural change that many in the West (not to mention those on the outside of the West looking in) now want but scarcely know how to make happen.'The Age of Consent' is provocative, brave, even utopian. But, with most of the 20th century's Big Ideas dead in the gutter, it's time for a book that can be a touchstone for real debate about the political and economic presumptions and prejudices on which our society has rested since World War II.
2003
No Man's Land
Turkana (African people), Description and travel, Travel
1994
Poisoned Arrows
Description and travel, Ethnology, Cultuur
1989

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Monbiot ranks 6,871 out of 7,302. Before him are Matt Haig, Brigitte Vasallo, Kathrin Schmidt, Scott Westerfeld, Roya Hakakian, and Valerie Plame. After him are Rubén Gallego, Petr Zelenka, Elizabeth Kostova, Dora Marsden, Rachel Cusk, and Peter Schiff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, George Monbiot ranks 760. Before him are Silvio Martinello, Sonia Pierre, Monica Frassoni, Chris Ferguson, Scott Westerfeld, and Valerie Plame. After him are Susan Walters, Ramon Estevez, Gavin O'Connor, Hugh Dillon, Peter Schiff, and Michael Everson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Monbiot ranks 6,435 out of 8,785. Before him are Sandy Turnbull (1884), Peter Thompson (1942), William Hewson (1739), Joey Batey (1989), Pete Shelley (1955), and Robert Green (1980). After him are Malcolm Rifkind (1946), Lustmord (1964), Poly Styrene (1957), David Miliband (1965), Christopher Malcolm (1946), and Siobhan Finneran (1966).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Monbiot ranks 719. Before him are Hugh MacDiarmid (1892), John Mortimer (1923), Douglas Murray (1979), Laurie Lee (1914), Christopher Smart (1722), and Matt Haig (1975). After him are Dora Marsden (1882), Sara Ahmed (1969), Benjamin Jowett (1817), David Nicholls (1966), Heston Blumenthal (1966), and Tom Rob Smith (1979).

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