WRITER

James Herbert

1943 - 2013

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James John Herbert, OBE (8 April 1943 – 20 March 2013) was an English horror writer. A full-time writer, he also designed his own book covers and publicity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Herbert has received more than 724,963 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). James Herbert is the 5,800th most popular writer (down from 5,268th in 2019), the 4,550th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,236th in 2019) and the 513th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The New Machiavelli
Fiction in English
1900
Kipps
Fiction, Young men, Working class
1900
Ann Veronica
Classic Literature, Fiction
1909
The war in the air
Fiction, Air warfare, English Science fiction
1908
Love and Mr. Lewisham
Classic Literature, Fiction
One of H. G. Wells' first ventures outside of the science fiction realm, the novel Love and Mr. Lewisham was published in the year 1900. Seeking love rather than his youthful hopes of fame and glory, Mr. Lewisham moves to the city of London where he becomes convinced of the merits of socialism and gets involved in the spiritual charlatanism of that later Victorian era.
1899
The Outline of History
World history, History, Nonfiction
1919

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Herbert ranks 5,800 out of 7,302. Before him are Nambi Narayanan, Richard K. Morgan, Eduard Bass, Fredric Wertham, Marie NDiaye, and Gert Hofmann. After him are Antoine Blondin, Dorrit Willumsen, Miron Białoszewski, Ma Jian, Walter de la Mare, and Édouard Pailleron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, James Herbert ranks 581. Before him are Ben Cardin, Jonathan Lynn, Paul Corkum, Vern Schuppan, Sumitra Mahajan, and Roger Kolo. After him are Kiril Dojčinovski, Dieter Kottysch, Veronica Hamel, Traudl Hecher, Vladimir Fedotov, and François Mazet. Among people deceased in 2013, James Herbert ranks 399. Before him are Diomedes Díaz, Costică Ștefănescu, George Gruntz, Regina Resnik, Leyla Erbil, and Annette Funicello. After him are Richard Briers, Valérie Benguigui, Nicolae Martinescu, Chokri Belaid, Jeanne Cooper, and Valdis Muižnieks.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Herbert ranks 4,550 out of 8,785. Before him are David Marr (1945), Richard K. Morgan (1965), James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848), Kathleen Booth (1922), Dennis Poore (1916), and Dave Edmunds (1944). After him are Susan Hampshire (1937), Harry Blackstaffe (1868), John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), Jeremy Kemp (1935), Najla El Mangoush (1973), and Daniel Levy (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Herbert ranks 513. Before him are Charles Williams (1886), Julian Symons (1912), Nigella Lawson (1960), Jhumpa Lahiri (1967), Robert Edmond Grant (1793), and Richard K. Morgan (1965). After him are Walter de la Mare (1873), John Masefield (1878), Simon Sebag Montefiore (1965), Thomas Linacre (1460), Thomas Campbell (1777), and John of Worcester (1100).

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