1893 - 1968
Sir Herbert Edward Read, (; 4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism. He was co-editor with Michael Fordham and Gerhard Adler of the British edition in English of The Collected Works of C. G. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Read has received more than 298,306 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Read is the 2,623rd most popular writer (down from 2,119th in 2019), the 1,998th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,631st in 2019) and the 227th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Herbert Read ranks 2,623 out of 5,755. Before him are Stefan Heym, Mikhail Artsybashev, Fritz Mauthner, Bekir Çoban-zade, Banana Yoshimoto, and Charlie Kaufman. After him are Juan Gelman, Duris of Samos, Mickey Spillane, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Jeremias Gotthelf, and Yasushi Inoue.
1913 - 2001
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 2,617
1878 - 1927
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 2,618
1849 - 1923
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 2,619
1893 - 1937
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 2,620
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 2,621
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 2,622
1893 - 1968
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 2,623
1930 - 2014
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 2,624
340 BC - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 2,625
1918 - 2006
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,626
1808 - 1888
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,627
1797 - 1854
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 2,628
1907 - 1991
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 2,629
Among people born in 1893, Herbert Read ranks 121. Before him are Mina Witkojc, Jean Acker, Harold Laski, Stanisław Szukalski, Olga Baclanova, and Bekir Çoban-zade. After him are Charlotte Bühler, Beatrice Wood, Frederick William Franz, Archduke Leo Karl of Austria, Vera Kholodnaya, and Carlo Emilio Gadda. Among people deceased in 1968, Herbert Read ranks 96. Before him are Tullio Serafin, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, R. Norris Williams, Gholamreza Takhti, Gabriel Hanot, and Anthony Asquith. After him are Hitoshi Imamura, Camille Huysmans, Sigfried Giedion, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Lina Stern, and Jan Johansson.
1893 - 1975
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 115
1893 - 1978
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 116
1893 - 1950
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 117
1893 - 1987
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 118
1893 - 1974
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 119
1893 - 1937
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 120
1893 - 1968
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 121
1893 - 1974
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 122
1893 - 1998
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 123
1893 - 1992
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 124
1893 - 1939
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 125
1893 - 1919
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 126
1893 - 1973
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 127
1878 - 1968
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 90
1869 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 91
1891 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 92
1930 - 1968
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 93
1889 - 1968
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 94
1902 - 1968
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 95
1893 - 1968
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 96
1886 - 1968
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 97
1871 - 1968
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 98
1888 - 1968
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 99
1899 - 1968
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 100
1878 - 1968
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 101
1931 - 1968
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 102
Among people born in United Kingdom, Herbert Read ranks 1,998 out of 7,765. Before him are William Hartnell (1908), John Michell (1724), John Bagot Glubb (1897), Dudley Moore (1935), John Sulston (1942), and William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773). After him are Graham Bonnet (1947), Jeanette (1951), George Frederic Watts (1817), Mary Hopkin (1950), Samuel Baker (1821), and Nicollette Sheridan (1963).
1908 - 1975
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 1,992
1724 - 1793
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 1,993
1897 - 1986
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 1,994
1935 - 2002
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 1,995
1942 - 2018
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 1,996
1773 - 1857
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 1,997
1893 - 1968
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 1,998
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 1,999
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 2,000
1817 - 1904
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,001
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,002
1821 - 1893
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,003
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,004
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Herbert Read ranks 227. Before him are Arthur Young (1741), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Mary Astell (1666), John Christopher (1922), William Ernest Henley (1849), and Leonard Woolf (1880). After him are Joseph Delaney (1945), Ken Robinson (1950), David C. H. Austin (1926), Arnold Bennett (1867), Robert Burton (1577), and Max Beerbohm (1872).
1741 - 1820
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 221
1110 - 1167
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 222
1666 - 1731
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 223
1922 - 2012
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 224
1849 - 1903
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 225
1880 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 226
1893 - 1968
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 227
1945 - 2022
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 228
1950 - 2020
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 229
1926 - 2018
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 230
1867 - 1931
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 231
1577 - 1640
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 232
1872 - 1956
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 233