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Humphrey Carpenter

1946 - 2005

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Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter (29 April 1946 – 4 January 2005) was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Humphrey Carpenter has received more than 124,877 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Humphrey Carpenter is the 5,861st most popular writer (down from 5,228th in 2019), the 5,232nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,695th in 2019) and the 595th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Humphrey Carpenter ranks 5,861 out of 5,755. Before her are Jill Abramson, E. Pauline Johnson, Hanya Yanagihara, Katie Couric, Bernardine Evaristo, and Hugh Blair. After her are Norman Podhoretz, Zakhar Prilepin, Michal Šanda, Caryl Churchill, Alexei Panshin, and Bessie Head.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Humphrey Carpenter ranks 646. Before her are Patrick Manning, Richard LeParmentier, Wiesław Rudkowski, Dennis Kucinich, Ed Markey, and John Gribbin. After her are Susan Saint James, Jim Webb, Im Shung-hwi, Sonny Perdue, Kiril Ivkov, and Gene Siskel. Among people deceased in 2005, Humphrey Carpenter ranks 313. Before her are Christopher Fry, Georges Dransart, Constance Cummings, Harold J. Stone, Peter Jennings, and Michael Park. After her are August Wilson, Renzo Nostini, June Haver, Adrian Biddle, Herbert Goldstein, and Wayne C. Booth.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Humphrey Carpenter ranks 5,232 out of 7,765. Before her are Kenneth Clarke (1940), David Jack (1898), Jimmy Dickinson (1925), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Ron Springett (1935), and Hugh Blair (1718). After her are Camilla Luddington (1983), Viv Anderson (1956), Thomas Sopwith (1888), Tom Heaton (1986), Caryl Churchill (1938), and James Allison (1968).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Humphrey Carpenter ranks 595. Before her are Saunders Lewis (1893), Dannie Abse (1923), R. S. Thomas (1913), John Gribbin (1946), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), and Hugh Blair (1718). After her are Caryl Churchill (1938), Catherine Cookson (1906), Rose Tremain (1943), Richard Lovelace (1617), Charlotte Smith (1749), and Henry Green (1905).

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