WRITER

James Aldridge

1918 - 2015

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Harold Edward James Aldridge (10 July 1918 – 23 February 2015) was an Australian-British writer and journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Aldridge has received more than 89,022 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). James Aldridge is the 2,973rd most popular writer (down from 2,496th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Australia (down from 76th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Australian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 89k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

My brother Tom
1966
The diplomat
1949
The marvellous Mongolian
Children's stories
1974
Signed with their honour
Fiction, World War, 1939-1945
1942
One last glimpse
Fiction, Authors
1977
I wish he would not die
Fiction, Fiction in English, World War, 1939-1945
1957

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Aldridge ranks 2,973 out of 7,302. Before him are Olha Kobylianska, François Cheng, Karel Havlíček Borovský, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, Cornelius Ryan, and Silvio Pellico. After him are Karim Findi, Germaine Greer, Ibn Manzur, Bruce Sterling, Richard Baxter, and Yevgeny Baratynsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, James Aldridge ranks 133. Before him are Alexander Shelepin, Teresa Wright, Marie Smith Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Elmore James, and Abdul Haris Nasution. After him are Cheddi Jagan, Ján Kadár, Jerome Robbins, Jelle Zijlstra, Suzanne Flon, and Ted Williams. Among people deceased in 2015, James Aldridge ranks 153. Before him are Johanna Quandt, Mile Mrkšić, Geoffrey Lewis, Erik De Vlaeminck, Wim Ruska, and Jørgen Ingmann. After him are Renzo Zorzi, Dean Jones, Dusty Rhodes, Władysław Bartoszewski, Jonah Lomu, and Nils Christie.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, James Aldridge ranks 88 out of 1,143. Before him are Mark Evans (1956), David Wenham (1965), Helen Reddy (1941), Roger Donaldson (1945), Morris West (1916), and Terence Tao (1975). After him are Germaine Greer (1939), Leo McKern (1920), Anthony Albanese (1963), Jason Clarke (1969), Travis Fimmel (1979), and John Curtin (1885).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, James Aldridge ranks 9. Before him are James Clavell (1921), Rhonda Byrne (1945), Thomas Keneally (1935), Annette Kellermann (1887), Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), and Morris West (1916). After him are Germaine Greer (1939), Banjo Paterson (1864), John Flanagan (1944), Joan Lindsay (1896), Gregory David Roberts (1952), and Peter Carey (1943).

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