1912 - 1995
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 89,240 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. George Woodcock is the 4,632nd most popular writer (down from 4,058th in 2019), the 373rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 320th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Canadian Writer.
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Among writers, George Woodcock ranks 4,632 out of 5,794. Before him are George William Russell, Paula Hawkins, Qurratulain Hyder, Mirdza Ķempe, William Michael Rossetti, and Günther Jauch. After him are Earl Derr Biggers, Magdi Allam, Carlo Cassola, Albert Mol, Zofka Kveder, and Robert Hughes.
1867 - 1935
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 4,626
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 4,627
1927 - 2007
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 4,628
1907 - 1974
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 4,629
1829 - 1919
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 4,630
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 4,631
1912 - 1995
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 4,632
1884 - 1933
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 4,633
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 4,634
1917 - 1987
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 4,635
1917 - 2004
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 4,636
1878 - 1926
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 4,637
1938 - 2012
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 4,638
Among people born in 1912, George Woodcock ranks 263. Before him are Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Niginho, Simón Lecue, Horace W. Babcock, Wálter Guevara, and Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz. After him are Alfredo Pián, György Sándor, Francesc Xavier Bultó, Øivind Holmsen, Richard Doll, and Nina Andrycz. Among people deceased in 1995, George Woodcock ranks 218. Before him are Stephen Spender, Karel Píč, Elisha Cook Jr., Hideko Maehata, István Bárány, and Big John Studd. After him are Riccardo Carapellese, Giorgio Bocchino, Edmondo Fabbri, Phil Harris, Nida Senff, and René Bader.
1912 - 1980
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 257
1912 - 1975
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 258
1912 - 1984
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 259
1912 - 2003
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 260
1912 - 1996
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 261
1912 - 2000
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 262
1912 - 1995
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 263
1912 - 1990
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 264
1912 - 2005
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 265
1912 - 1998
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 266
1912 - 1996
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 267
1912 - 2005
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 268
1912 - 2014
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 269
1909 - 1995
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 212
1920 - 1995
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 213
1903 - 1995
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 214
1914 - 1995
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 215
1907 - 1995
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 216
1948 - 1995
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 217
1912 - 1995
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 218
1922 - 1995
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 219
1913 - 1995
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 220
1921 - 1995
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 221
1904 - 1995
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 222
1920 - 1995
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 223
1922 - 1995
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 224
Among people born in Canada, George Woodcock ranks 373 out of 1,130. Before him are Anne Murray (1945), Rick Danko (1943), Steven Ogg (1973), Alissa White-Gluz (1985), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), and Rae Dawn Chong (1961). After him are Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975), Dean Butler (1956), Erica Durance (1978), Michael Hogan (1949), Maurice Prendergast (1858), and Roberta Bondar (1945).
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 367
1943 - 1999
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 368
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 369
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 370
1930 - 1972
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 371
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 372
1912 - 1995
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 373
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 374
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 375
1978 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 376
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 377
1858 - 1924
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 378
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 379
Among writers born in Canada, George Woodcock ranks 24. Before him are Steven Erikson (1959), Robin Sharma (1965), Anne Carson (1950), Michel Tremblay (1942), Nancy Huston (1953), and Marie-Claire Blais (1939). After him are Harold Russell (1914), Sven Delblanc (1931), Duncan Regehr (1952), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), Robert J. Sawyer (1960), and Mark Strand (1934).
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 18
1965 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 19
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 20
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 21
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 22
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 23
1912 - 1995
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 24
1914 - 2002
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 25
1931 - 1992
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 26
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 27
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 28
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 29
1934 - 2014
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 30