WRITER

Hugh Walpole

1884 - 1941

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Walpole has received more than 404,039 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Hugh Walpole is the 5,679th most popular writer (down from 5,310th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 71st in 2019) and the 5th most popular New Zealander Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Jeremy
1957
The cathedral
clergy, Victorian, English
The story of Archdeacon Brandon - an arrogant and insensitive man - his folly and downfall, set amid personal and professional wranglings in an ecclesiastical city.
1922
Fortitude
2002
The Cathedral
1922
The Golden Scarecrow
2004
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1919

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hugh Walpole ranks 5,679 out of 7,302. Before him are James Hogg, William Michael Rossetti, Ernest Dowson, Martin Litchfield West, You Xie, and Alison Lurie. After him are Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Gwendolyn Brooks, Herberto Hélder, Cynthia McLeod, Lew Rockwell, and Walter Moers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Hugh Walpole ranks 223. Before him are José Patricio Guggiari, Georg Zacharias, Harvey Fletcher, Harald Hansen, Georg Selenius, and Alfred Carlton Gilbert. After him are Earl Derr Biggers, James Cruze, Varlam Avanesov, Frithiof Mårtensson, József Rády, and Richard Verderber. Among people deceased in 1941, Hugh Walpole ranks 187. Before him are Marcus Hurley, Jakob Emanuel Lange, Friedrich Engel, Yelizaveta Chaikina, Sueo Ōe, and Karel Kašpar. After him are DeLisle Stewart, Matt McGrath, José Leite de Vasconcelos, Frederick Moloney, Lucien Mérignac, and Hugo Strauß.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Hugh Walpole ranks 68 out of 303. Before him are Murray Halberg (1933), Michael Hardie Boys (1931), Yvette Williams (1929), Jed Brophy (1963), John Key (1961), and Andrew Adamson (1966). After him are John Gorton (1911), Silvia Cartwright (1943), Margaret Mahy (1936), Neil Finn (1958), John Nicholson (1941), and Lawrence Makoare (1968).

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Among WRITERS In New Zealand

Among writers born in New Zealand, Hugh Walpole ranks 5. Before him are Katherine Mansfield (1888), Richard Curtis (1956), Janet Frame (1924), and Ngaio Marsh (1895). After him are Margaret Mahy (1936), Keri Hulme (1947), Anthony McCarten (1961), Ruth Park (1917), and Philippa Boyens (2000).

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