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Gordon R. Dickson

1923 - 2001

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gordon R. Dickson has received more than 218,899 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Gordon R. Dickson is the 3,716th most popular writer (down from 3,587th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Canada (down from 233rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Canadian Writer.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gordon R. Dickson ranks 3,716 out of 5,755Before him are Donald Barthelme, Anton Pann, Theodore Balsamon, Xiao Hong, Alaa Al Aswany, and Francisco Coloane. After him are Robert Hugh Benson, Lope de Rueda, Ken Adam, Henry Adams, Ana Maria Machado, and Sue Grafton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Gordon R. Dickson ranks 223Before him are Morris Halle, Giuseppe Rotunno, Alice von Hildebrand, Nirmala Srivastava, Rentarō Mikuni, and Ioannis Grivas. After him are Octavio Lepage, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Isao Kimura, V. C. Andrews, Charlie Mariano, and Juan Burgueño. Among people deceased in 2001, Gordon R. Dickson ranks 163Before him are Paul Magloire, Ernst Baier, Aldo Olivieri, William Masters, Bernard Heuvelmans, and Mordecai Richler. After him are Javier Urruticoechea, Eileen Heckart, Ardito Desio, Robert W. Floyd, Trịnh Công Sơn, and Philippe Léotard.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Gordon R. Dickson ranks 244 out of 1,350Before him are Louis Jolliet (1645), Jon Vickers (1926), Jacques Villeneuve (1953), Mordecai Richler (1931), James Craig Watson (1838), and Brian Orser (1961). After him are Patrick J. Adams (1981), Anne Hébert (1916), Harry Saltzman (1915), Natasha Henstridge (1974), Harold Russell (1914), and Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923).

Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Gordon R. Dickson ranks 14Before him are Shulamith Firestone (1945), David Shore (1959), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Gabrielle Roy (1909), Naomi Klein (1970), and Mordecai Richler (1931). After him are Anne Hébert (1916), Harold Russell (1914), Steven Erikson (1959), Anne Carson (1950), Robin Sharma (1965), and Robertson Davies (1913).