WRITER

James Cooke Brown

1921 - 2000

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James Cooke Brown (July 21, 1921 – February 13, 2000) was an American sociologist and science fiction author. He is notable for creating the constructed language Loglan and for designing the Parker Brothers board game Careers. Brown's novel The Troika Incident (Doubleday, 1970) describes a worldwide free knowledge base similar to the Internet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Cooke Brown has received more than 39,808 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James Cooke Brown is the 5,912th most popular writer (down from 5,610th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Philippines (up from 59th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Filipino Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 40k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Loglan 4 & 5
Dictionaries, English, English language
1975
Loglan 1
Loglan (Artificial language)
1975
The Job Market of the Future
Economic forecasting, Employment forecasting, Forecasting
2001
The self-interpreting Bible
Commentaries, Dictionaries, Bible
1859
The Troika incident
1970
Job Market of the Future
Labor market, Economic forecasting
2001

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Cooke Brown ranks 5,912 out of 7,302. Before him are Walter Abish, Michael Swanwick, John Green, Timur Vermes, Isaac D'Israeli, and Monika Maron. After him are John Berryman, Brigitte Kronauer, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Yury Kazakov, Naomi Novik, and Juris Alunāns.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, James Cooke Brown ranks 394. Before him are Ron Greenwood, Geoffrey Crossley, Rodger Ward, Walter Mirisch, Usmar Ismail, and Ann Savage. After him are Joe Fulks, Nelson Riddle, Chen Muhua, Sita Ram Goel, Michel Bonnevie, and Fernando Roldán. Among people deceased in 2000, James Cooke Brown ranks 305. Before him are Antonio Maspes, Marjorie Noël, Malcolm Bradbury, Bunny Austin, Rober Eryol, and Anthony Powell. After him are Lajos Kocsis, Gloria Talbott, Paul Bartel, Ann Doran, George Montgomery, and Elmo Zumwalt.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, James Cooke Brown ranks 57 out of 155. Before him are Gaudencio Rosales (1932), José Burgos (1837), Efren Reyes (1954), Jose Maria Sison (1939), Wenceslao Padilla (1949), and Dolphy (1928). After him are Jose Tomas Sanchez (1920), Luis Taruc (1913), Fernando Poe Jr. (1939), Leon O. Chua (1936), Aileen Baviera (1959), and Reggie Lee (1975).

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Among WRITERS In Philippines

Among writers born in Philippines, James Cooke Brown ranks 4. Before him are Francisco Balagtas (1788), Lualhati Bautista (1945), and José Burgos (1837). After him are F. Sionil José (1924).

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