WRITER

Gordon R. Dickson

1923 - 2001

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Gordon Rupert Dickson (November 1, 1923 – January 31, 2001) was an American science fiction writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gordon R. Dickson has received more than 237,866 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Gordon R. Dickson is the 3,788th most popular writer (down from 3,703rd in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Canada (down from 244th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gordon R. Dickson ranks 3,788 out of 7,302. Before him are Hovhannes Shiraz, Amado Nervo, Charles Grandison Finney, Iain Banks, Lise Nørgaard, and Johannes Bobrowski. After him are Viveca Sten, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, Walter Kempowski, Francis Marrash, Israel Zangwill, and Zhou Zuoren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Gordon R. Dickson ranks 241. Before him are Rafael Addiego Bruno, Og Mandino, Mrinal Sen, Mikhail Yegorov, Brendan Behan, and Karl Vaino. After him are François Cavanna, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, Giuseppe Rotunno, Morris Halle, and Ioannis Grivas. Among people deceased in 2001, Gordon R. Dickson ranks 162. Before him are Malcom McLean, Robert Leckie, Enrique Mateos, Ninette de Valois, Katharine Graham, and Ken Aston. After him are Mohamed Atta, Micheline Ostermeyer, Jean Richard, John Lewis, Eugene Sledge, and Jenő Fock.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Gordon R. Dickson ranks 248 out of 1,622. Before him are Ann Rutherford (1917), Allan Dwan (1885), Phil Esposito (1942), Kenneth Welsh (1942), Elias Koteas (1961), and Daniel Lavoie (1949). After him are Paul Bley (1932), Linda Thorson (1947), Michael Wincott (1958), Roddy Piper (1954), Lawrence Stroll (1959), and Northrop Frye (1912).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Gordon R. Dickson ranks 14. Before him are Anne Carson (1950), Shulamith Firestone (1945), Gabrielle Roy (1909), Mazo de la Roche (1879), Louise Penny (1958), and David Shore (1959). After him are Anne Hébert (1916), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Robin Sharma (1965), Mordecai Richler (1931), Laurence J. Peter (1919), and Duncan Regehr (1952).

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