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Graham Hancock

1950 - Today

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Graham Bruce Hancock (born 2 August 1950) is a British writer who promotes pseudoscientific theories involving ancient civilizations and hypothetical lost lands. Hancock speculates that an advanced ice age civilization was destroyed in a cataclysm, but that its survivors passed on their knowledge to hunter-gatherers, giving rise to the earliest known civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Mesoamerica.Born in Edinburgh, Hancock studied sociology at Durham University before working as a journalist, writing for a number of British newspapers and magazines. His first three books dealt with international development, including Lords of Poverty (1989), a well-received critique of corruption in the aid system. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Graham Hancock has received more than 3,907,747 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Graham Hancock is the 4,175th most popular writer (up from 4,395th in 2019), the 3,069th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,369th in 2019) and the 353rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Graham Hancock ranks 4,175 out of 5,755. Before him are Simo Matavulj, Ian Rankin, Norman Spinrad, Nicholas Pileggi, Konstantin Aksakov, and Ludvík Vaculík. After him are Maria Edgeworth, Beatriz Galindo, Gerbrand Bredero, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Seán O'Casey, and Andrew Marvell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Graham Hancock ranks 274. Before him are Maurilio De Zolt, Rubén Ayala, Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Richard Berry, Lou Gramm, and Neil Murray. After him are Lenny Kuhr, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chuck Schumer, Antony Gormley, Dietmar Lorenz, and Joey Kramer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Graham Hancock ranks 3,069 out of 7,765. Before him are Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), Matt Smith (1982), Chris Lowe (1959), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), Ian Rankin (1960), and Brian Hart (1936). After him are Roger Dean (1944), Maria Edgeworth (1768), Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957), Martin Donnelly (1964), Andrew Marvell (1621), and Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Graham Hancock ranks 353. Before him are Rosemary Sutcliff (1920), Donald Adamson (1939), Sarah Kane (1971), Mary Norton (1903), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), and Ian Rankin (1960). After him are Maria Edgeworth (1768), Andrew Marvell (1621), Anthony Hope (1863), Norman Smith (1923), Mary Stewart (1916), and Tanith Lee (1947).

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