WRITER

Henry Lincoln

1930 - 2022

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Henry Soskin (12 February 1930 – 23 February 2022), better known as Henry Lincoln, was a British author, television presenter, scriptwriter, and actor. He co-wrote three Doctor Who multi-part serials in the 1960s, and — starting in the 1970s — inspired three Chronicle BBC Two documentaries on the alleged mysteries surrounding the French village of Rennes-le-Château (on which he was writer and presenter) — and, from the 1980s, co-authored and authored a series of books of which The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail was the most popular, becoming the inspiration for Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Lincoln has received more than 158,140 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Lincoln is the 5,899th most popular writer (down from 4,801st in 2019), the 4,703rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,658th in 2019) and the 528th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Holy blood, Holy Grail
Graal, Grail, Grial
1982
Animal Friends and Adventures
Children's literature
1949
The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
Children's fiction, Classic Literature, Crime
Selections include: ... - [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) by Nathaniel Hawthorne ... - [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863196W/Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) by Ambrose Bierce ... - [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings) by Kate Chopin - [The Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) - [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) - [The Glass Menagerie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL30293W) by Tennesse Williams
1985
The Holy Place
Crusades, History, Miscellanea
1991
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
freedom, selfhood, self-fulfilment
1999
Key to the sacred pattern
Curiosities and wonders, Sources, Documentary television programs
1998

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henry Lincoln ranks 5,899 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Berger, August Gailit, Gay Talese, Oscar Levertin, Wilbert Awdry, and Lydie Salvayre. After him are Julia Donaldson, Anthony Powell, Leigh Hunt, Clare Hollingworth, André Bjerke, and Princess Delphine of Belgium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Henry Lincoln ranks 516. Before him are Petar Šegvić, Allan Williams, George Steinbrenner, Roberta Peters, Richard Davis, and Douglas Hurd. After him are Rober Eryol, Halszka Osmólska, Derek Bailey, Nicole Marthe Le Douarin, Bertha Brouwer, and Mike Sparken. Among people deceased in 2022, Henry Lincoln ranks 502. Before him are Bernhard Germeshausen, Keith Levene, Benjamin Kogo, Kazimierz Zimny, John McNally, and Mike Hodges. After him are Bjarni Tryggvason, Jose Maria Sison, Ned Rorem, Walter Abish, Amos Sawyer, and Sture Allén.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Lincoln ranks 4,703 out of 8,785. Before him are Hugh Gaitskell (1906), Alex Kapranos (1972), Wilbert Awdry (1911), Matt Bellamy (1978), Douglas Hurd (1930), and Topper Headon (1955). After him are Julia Donaldson (1948), Anthony Powell (1905), John M. Allegro (1923), Leigh Hunt (1784), Clare Hollingworth (1911), and Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Henry Lincoln ranks 528. Before him are Malcolm Bradbury (1932), John Wain (1925), David Garnett (1892), Stephen Leacock (1869), Anthony Shaffer (1926), and Wilbert Awdry (1911). After him are Julia Donaldson (1948), Anthony Powell (1905), Leigh Hunt (1784), Clare Hollingworth (1911), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), and William Cobbett (1763).

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