WRITER

James Oliver Curwood

1878 - 1927

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James Oliver Curwood (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books were often based on adventures set in the Hudson Bay area, the Yukon or Alaska and ranked among the top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early and mid 1920s, according to Publishers Weekly. At least one hundred and eighty motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories; one was produced in three versions from 1919 to 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Oliver Curwood has received more than 170,941 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). James Oliver Curwood is the 1,466th most popular writer (down from 1,347th in 2019), the 1,789th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,704th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Writer.

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  • 170k

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  • 58.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Oliver Curwood ranks 1,466 out of 7,302. Before him are Winifred Wagner, Marie Anne Lenormand, Tristan Corbière, Jacques Cazotte, Lu You, and Vicki Baum. After him are Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Colin Dexter, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Elizabeth Siddal, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, and Don Juan Manuel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, James Oliver Curwood ranks 46. Before him are Elizabeth Arden, Milan Hodža, Mahmud Barzanji, Abdelaziz of Morocco, Slavko Kvaternik, and Alexander von Falkenhausen. After him are Angelica Balabanoff, Franz Schreker, Eino Leino, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Boris Kustodiev, and Manuel L. Quezon. Among people deceased in 1927, James Oliver Curwood ranks 34. Before him are Louise Abbéma, Wilhelm Johannsen, Eugène Atget, Vladimir Bekhterev, Vilhelm Thomsen, and Sisowath of Cambodia. After him are Shote Galica, Sergey Sazonov, Boris Kustodiev, Jānis Čakste, Carl David Tolmé Runge, and Miguel, Duke of Braganza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Oliver Curwood ranks 1,789 out of 20,380. Before him are Sterling Hayden (1916), Clark L. Hull (1884), William Walker (1824), Mary McDonnell (1952), Frank Oppenheimer (1912), and Gregg Popovich (1949). After him are Chadwick Boseman (1977), Robert Smithson (1938), Clara Bow (1905), Ken Mattingly (1936), Larry Scott (1938), and Elizabeth Montgomery (1933).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Oliver Curwood ranks 161. Before him are Don DeLillo (1936), Robin Hobb (1952), Robert Bloch (1917), Virginia Henderson (1897), Henry Steel Olcott (1832), and Elizabeth George (1949). After him are Robert Jordan (1948), Nora Roberts (1950), Edward Albee (1928), Carson McCullers (1917), John Dickson Carr (1906), and Elizabeth Bishop (1911).

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