WRITER

Jack Williamson

1908 - 2006

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John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006), who wrote as Jack Williamson, was an American science fiction writer, one of several called the "Dean of Science Fiction". He is also credited with one of the first uses of the term genetic engineering. Early in his career he sometimes used the pseudonyms Will Stewart and Nils O. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Williamson has received more than 260,042 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Williamson is the 2,869th most popular writer (down from 2,497th in 2019), the 3,630th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,246th in 2019) and the 314th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jack Williamson ranks 2,869 out of 7,302Before him are Yasutaka Tsutsui, Kostis Palamas, Anthony Horowitz, Gu Yanwu, Jonathan Franzen, and Giacomo da Lentini. After him are Robert Penn Warren, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Lucia Berlin, Erich Fried, Lawrence Block, and Muazzez İlmiye Çığ.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Jack Williamson ranks 157Before him are Sœur Emmanuelle, Paula Mollenhauer, John Mills, Elek Schwartz, Juan Botasso, and Bengt Strömgren. After him are Olga Benário Prestes, Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, Gioacchino Guaragna, Titus Burckhardt, Luis Regueiro, and William Hartnell. Among people deceased in 2006, Jack Williamson ranks 148Before him are John Profumo, Mickey Hargitay, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Paul Gleason, Rudi Carrell, and Asima Chatterjee. After him are Elena Mukhina, Jean-François Revel, Richard Bright, David Gemmell, Gerard Reve, and Lars Korvald.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Williamson ranks 3,630 out of 20,380Before him are Alexander Vandegrift (1887), Jonathan Franzen (1959), Chris O'Donnell (1970), The Big Bopper (1930), Dee Wallace (1948), and Gabriel Almond (1911). After him are Robert Penn Warren (1905), Kenny Clarke (1914), Christina Grimmie (1994), Jane Lynch (1960), Lucia Berlin (1936), and Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jack Williamson ranks 314Before him are R. A. Salvatore (1959), Ben Hecht (1893), William L. Shirer (1904), Anne McCaffrey (1926), Maurice Sendak (1928), and Jonathan Franzen (1959). After him are Robert Penn Warren (1905), Lucia Berlin (1936), Lawrence Block (1938), Andre Norton (1912), Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897), and Budd Schulberg (1914).