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James Herriot

1916 - 1995

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James Alfred Wight (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author. Born in Sunderland, Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to England to become a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire, where he practised for almost 50 years. He is best known for writing a series of eight books set in the 1930s–1950s Yorkshire Dales about veterinary practice, animals, and their owners, which began with If Only They Could Talk, first published in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Herriot has received more than 4,139,129 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). James Herriot is the 2,017th most popular writer (down from 1,791st in 2019), the 1,595th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,394th in 2019) and the 169th most popular British Writer.

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  • 55.04

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Herriot ranks 2,017 out of 5,755. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Michel de Ghelderode, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Mustafa Balel, and David Morrell. After him are August Derleth, Phylarchus, Philip Sidney, Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, Nordahl Grieg, and Jacques Amyot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, James Herriot ranks 92. Before him are Shirley Jackson, Hubert Maga, José Manuel Moreno, Mika Špiljak, Julio César Turbay Ayala, and Hilary Koprowski. After him are Alexey Maresyev, Chiang Fang-liang, Chiang Wei-kuo, Betty Grable, Amha Selassie, and Vladimir Demikhov. Among people deceased in 1995, James Herriot ranks 84. Before him are Krešimir Ćosić, Selena, Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, Mia Martini, Sicco Mansholt, and Pancho Gonzales. After him are Abdul Ali Mazari, Annie Fischer, Kingsley Amis, Arturo Frondizi, J. Presper Eckert, and Ida Lupino.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Herriot ranks 1,595 out of 7,765. Before him are Michael Anderson (1920), James Fox (1939), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Joan of the Tower (1321), David Yates (1963), and George Stubbs (1724). After him are Rick Davies (1944), Philip Sidney (1554), Hannah Chaplin (1865), Paul Scholes (1974), Lionel Robbins (1898), and Andy Gibb (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Herriot ranks 169. Before him are Vita Sackville-West (1892), Karen Armstrong (1944), William Auld (1924), Eric Knight (1897), Walter Bagehot (1826), and Gerald Gardner (1884). After him are Philip Sidney (1554), Richard Adams (1920), Taliesin (518), Frederick Marryat (1792), Kingsley Amis (1922), and Patrick O'Brian (1914).

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