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George Woodcock

1912 - 1995

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George Woodcock (; May 8, 1912 – January 28, 1995) was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, a philosopher, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet and published several volumes of travel writing. In 1959 he was the founding editor of the journal Canadian Literature which was the first academic journal specifically dedicated to Canadian writing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Woodcock has received more than 145,176 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). George Woodcock is the 5,260th most popular writer (down from 4,628th in 2019), the 464th most popular biography from Canada (down from 373rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Canadian Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 43.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Woodcock ranks 5,260 out of 5,755. Before him are René Boylesve, Armen Ohanian, Tony Duvert, Théodore Aubanel, Ian McDonald, and Terence MacSwiney. After him are Charles Mackay, John Marston, Delphine de Vigan, C. L. R. James, Lin Carter, and Kevin Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, George Woodcock ranks 299. Before him are Erwin Bauer, Glenn Morris, Silviu Bindea, Reta Shaw, Francesc Xavier Bultó, and František Šterc. After him are Karl Kreutzberg, Giuliano Nostini, Juan Antonio Ipiña, Bill Miller, Simón Lecue, and Leslie Johnson. Among people deceased in 1995, George Woodcock ranks 249. Before him are Joe Slovo, Hideko Maehata, Johnny Moss, Víctor Ugarte, Riccardo Carapellese, and Stig Sjölin. After him are Iosif Kheifits, Giorgio Bocchino, Nida Senff, George Abbott, Edmondo Fabbri, and Maino Neri.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, George Woodcock ranks 464 out of 1,350. Before him are Nancy Greene Raine (1943), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), Rob Pike (1956), George Orton (1873), Farley Mowat (1921), and Rick Genest (1985). After him are Mary Harron (1953), George-Étienne Cartier (1814), Wilfred Lucas (1871), Richard Manuel (1943), Lorne Michaels (1944), and Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, George Woodcock ranks 32. Before him are Louise Penny (1958), Mark Strand (1934), Robert J. Sawyer (1960), Sven Delblanc (1931), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), and Farley Mowat (1921). After him are Justine Musk (1972), Gregory Colbert (1960), Mavis Gallant (1922), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), Cory Doctorow (1971), and Timothy Findley (1930).

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