WRITER

Hugo Gernsback

1884 - 1967

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Hugo Gernsback (; born Hugo Gernsbacher, August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967) was an American editor and magazine publisher whose publications included the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. His contributions to the genre as publisher were so significant that, along with the novelists Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, he is sometimes called "The Father of Science Fiction". In his honor, annual awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention are named the "Hugos".Gernsback emigrated to the U.S. in 1904 and later became a citizen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Gernsback has received more than 711,976 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Hugo Gernsback is the 1,150th most popular writer (up from 1,253rd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Luxembourger Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ralph 124C 41+
1925
Official radio service manual and complete directory of all commercial wiring diagrams, 1930
Repairing, Radio, Charts, diagrams
1984
Evolution of modern science fiction
Science fiction, Indexes
1952
Ultimate world
American Science fiction, Human-alien encounters, Fiction
1972
The Scientific Adventures Of Baron Munchhausen
Science Fiction, Mars
In 1915 the father of modern science fiction contributed to the long list of adventures of the 18th century super-hero, Baron Münchausen. Hugo Gernsback used his magazine Electrical Experimenter as a proving ground for his theory that science fiction could be used to teach science. Never before published as a book, and complete with the original illustrations, this is early 20th century science fiction by the man who made science fiction famous. Hugo Gernsback is often called the father of science-fiction. In 1926 he created the world’s first regular science fiction periodical, Amazing Stories but long before that he tested the market for science fiction within the pages of his science magazines. Between 1912 and 1929 Gernsback was the unchallenged champion of fiction with a scientific edge. In the 1950’s the highest award in science fiction was named after him. Includes an essay by noted space historian Robert Godwin about the historical importance of this book.
2005
Radio for all
Radio
1922

Page views of Hugo Gernsbacks by language

Over the past year Hugo Gernsback has had the most page views in the with 65,466 views, followed by Spanish (10,476), and Japanese (8,861). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (200.00%), Esperanto (192.19%), and West Frisian (178.30%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hugo Gernsback ranks 1,150 out of 7,302. Before him are Anne Rice, Antoine François Prévost, Gottfried Keller, Vidyapati, Lao She, and Mavro Orbini. After him are Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Chevalier d'Éon, Vivant Denon, Ljudevit Gaj, Jernej Kopitar, and Comtessa de Dia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Hugo Gernsback ranks 42. Before him are Panait Istrati, Otto Rank, Étienne Gilson, Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, Petru Groza, and Antonín Zápotocký. After him are Zinaida Serebriakova, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Maria Spiridonova, Empress Teimei, Hugo Schmeisser, and Princess Helen of Serbia. Among people deceased in 1967, Hugo Gernsback ranks 49. Before him are Otis Redding, Joseph Pilates, Abdel Hakim Amer, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Luigi Tenco, and Anthony Mann. After him are Forough Farrokhzad, Lorenzo Bandini, Zinaida Serebriakova, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Gus Grissom, and Tamara Bunke.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Hugo Gernsback ranks 12 out of 95. Before him are Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jacques Santer (1937), Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921), Jules A. Hoffmann (1941), Ernst von Mansfeld (1580), and Gaston Thorn (1928). After him are Joseph Bech (1887), Edward Steichen (1879), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Charly Gaul (1932), Louis Pilot (1940), and Nicolas Frantz (1899).

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Among WRITERS In Luxembourg

Among writers born in Luxembourg, Hugo Gernsback ranks 1. 

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