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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. Many of his plays are structured around a time slip, and he went on to develop a new theory of time, with different dimensions that link past, present and future. In 1940 he broadcast a series of short propaganda radio talks, which were credited with strengthening civilian morale during the Battle of Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. B. Priestley has received more than 1,690,965 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. J. B. Priestley is the 2,937th most popular writer (up from 3,119th in 2019), the 2,208th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,317th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 3.84

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, J. B. Priestley ranks 2,937 out of 5,755Before him are Bernard Werber, Géza Gárdonyi, Marija Jurić Zagorka, Philostratus of Lemnos, Miodrag Bulatović, and George Herbert. After him are Henri Meilhac, Bat Ye'or, Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Richard Curtis, Antonio Beccadelli, and Longchenpa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, J. B. Priestley ranks 122Before him are Augustín Malár, Pavel Rybalko, Âşık Veysel, Werner March, Khawaja Nazimuddin, and Saken Seifullin. After him are Henry Hazlitt, Riad Al Solh, Boris Pilnyak, Carlos Luz, Surya Sen, and Maksim Purkayev. Among people deceased in 1984, J. B. Priestley ranks 109Before him are Walter Pidgeon, Manuel Fleitas Solich, Paul Ben-Haim, Uwe Johnson, Toni Turek, and William Powell. After him are Manès Sperber, Jorge Guillén, Tim, Arvīds Jansons, Louis Lansana Beavogui, and Lillian Hellman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, J. B. Priestley ranks 2,208 out of 7,765Before him are Roy Salvadori (1922), Damian Lewis (1971), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), David Trimble (1944), George Bentham (1800), and George Herbert (1593). After him are John William Draper (1811), Peter Hammill (1948), Sidney Smith (1764), William Bayliss (1860), John Owen (1616), and Lindsay Duncan (1950).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, J. B. Priestley ranks 253Before him are Robert Harris (1957), Peter James (1948), Richard Baxter (1615), Marjorie Boulton (1924), Peter Mayle (1939), and George Herbert (1593). After him are William Robertson Smith (1846), Michael Bond (1926), Caroline Graham (1931), John Brunner (1934), Charles Lamb (1775), and Nick Hornby (1957).