WRITER

J. B. Priestley

1894 - 1984

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John Boynton Priestley (; 13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction, notably in The Good Companions (1929), which first brought him to wide public notice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. B. Priestley has received more than 1,806,298 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). J. B. Priestley is the 3,413th most popular writer (down from 2,926th in 2019), the 2,446th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,202nd in 2019) and the 280th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

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  • 51.79

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

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  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

An inspector calls
1945
Angel pavement
English fiction, Fiction in English
1930
English journey
Descr. & trav, Description and travel
1934
Bright day
1946
The good companions
1929
Blackout in Gretley
Fiction in English
1942
Nightmare Abbey
Adaptations, Arthurian romances, Classic Literature
Nightmare Abbey, a venerable family-mansion, in a highly picturesque state of semi-dilapidation, pleasantly situated on a strip of dry land between the sea and the fens, at the verge of the county of Lincoln, had the honour to be the seat of Christopher Glowry, Esquire. This gentleman was naturally of an atrabilarious temperament, and much troubled with those phantoms of indigestion which are commonly called blue devils.
1818
Maid Marian
Fiction, Women outlaws, Maid Marian (Legendary character)
1822
Headlong Hall and Nightmare Abbey
English Satire, Upper class, Fiction
1845
Gryll Grange
Fiction, general
1861
Crotchet Castle
Fiction, humorous, general, Authors, fiction, Fiction, historical, general
1831
Headlong Hall
Fiction, general, English Humorous stories
1816

Among WRITERS

Among writers, J. B. Priestley ranks 3,413 out of 7,302. Before him are Mikhail Koltsov, Jiří Wolker, Grace Elliott, Lev Nussimbaum, David Eddings, and Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas. After him are Kafū Nagai, Joyce Meyer, John Osborne, John Evelyn, Corrie ten Boom, and Mário de Sá-Carneiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, J. B. Priestley ranks 142. Before him are Vilmos Aba-Novák, Turar Ryskulov, Georges Carpentier, Hermann Muhs, Paul Dessau, and Johan Wilhelm Rangell. After him are Bertha Lutz, Willem Schermerhorn, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Aleksandr Khinchin, Christian Schad, and Mirza Davud Huseynov. Among people deceased in 1984, J. B. Priestley ranks 124. Before him are Manès Sperber, Ansel Adams, Ciriaco Errasti, Campanal I, Louis Lansana Beavogui, and Viktor Chukarin. After him are Carl Joachim Friedrich, Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Valery Voronin, Giuseppe Tucci, K. D. Jadhav, and Faiz Ahmad Faiz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, J. B. Priestley ranks 2,446 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles James Fox (1749), John Henry Mackay (1864), Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891), John Shrapnel (1942), Sidney Smith (1764), and Grace Elliott (1754). After him are Ray Clemence (1948), Auguste Couder (1789), John Osborne (1929), John Evelyn (1620), Richard Robarts (1944), and Egon Pearson (1895).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, J. B. Priestley ranks 280. Before him are John Ford (1586), Vera Brittain (1893), William Hope Hodgson (1877), Charles Lamb (1775), John Henry Mackay (1864), and Grace Elliott (1754). After him are John Osborne (1929), John Evelyn (1620), Robert Kerr (1755), David C. H. Austin (1926), Andrew Lang (1844), and William Cowper (1731).

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