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Jacques Futrelle

1875 - 1912

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Jacques Heath Futrelle (April 9, 1875 – April 15, 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his use of logic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Futrelle has received more than 388,602 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Futrelle is the 2,385th most popular writer (down from 2,351st in 2019), the 3,078th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,978th in 2019) and the 271st most popular American Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacques Futrelle ranks 2,385 out of 5,755Before him are Verrius Flaccus, Dionysios Solomos, Giovanni de' Bardi, Al-Sharif al-Radi, Franz Overbeck, and Robert James Waller. After him are António Vieira, Jim Corbett, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Guido Guinizelli, Jean Starobinski, and Parthenius of Nicaea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Jacques Futrelle ranks 65Before him are Jacques Villon, Gustav Flatow, Othenio Abel, Robert Garrett, Konstantin Hierl, and Georges Hébert. After him are Jim Corbett, Pierre Monteux, Eugen Schauman, Alfred P. Sloan, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, and Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1912, Jacques Futrelle ranks 55Before him are Herman Bang, Archibald Gracie IV, Gustave de Molinari, Ernest Duchesne, Giovanni Pascoli, and James S. Sherman. After him are Clara Barton, Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, François-Alphonse Forel, George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Takuboku Ishikawa, and Paul Wallot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacques Futrelle ranks 3,078 out of 18,182Before him are Calista Flockhart (1964), Geoffrey Lewis (1935), Robert James Waller (1939), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Elizabeth Banks (1974), and Barbara O'Neil (1910). After him are Daniel Baldwin (1960), Dick Scobee (1939), Annie Sprinkle (1954), David Wilkerson (1931), Donald Davidson (1917), and Joe Don Baker (1936).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jacques Futrelle ranks 271Before him are Edward Bunker (1933), Mary Baker Eddy (1821), Orson Scott Card (1951), Kate Chopin (1850), Johnston McCulley (1883), and Robert James Waller (1939). After him are Siri Hustvedt (1955), William L. Shirer (1904), Winston Groom (1943), Charles Berlitz (1913), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), and Henry Darger (1892).