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James Tiptree Jr.

1915 - 1987

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Alice Bradley Sheldon (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author better known as James Tiptree Jr., a pen name she used from 1967 until her death. It was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree Jr. was a woman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Tiptree Jr. has received more than 306,411 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). James Tiptree Jr. is the 2,701st most popular writer (up from 2,835th in 2019), the 3,530th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,628th in 2019) and the 315th most popular American Writer.

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  • 310k

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  • 52.57

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Tiptree Jr. ranks 2,701 out of 5,755Before her are Jon Fosse, Pavlo Tychyna, Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Mihail Sebastian, José de Alencar, and Arnold Bennett. After her are Petar Preradović, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Albert of Aix, Anyte of Tegea, Pascal Bruckner, and Robert Burton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, James Tiptree Jr. ranks 108Before her are Jo Van Fleet, Robert Monroe, Mariano Rumor, John Profumo, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Ken Aston. After her are Albert O. Hirschman, Henry Kuttner, Caterina Boratto, Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Patrick Leigh Fermor, and Takeshi Kamo. Among people deceased in 1987, James Tiptree Jr. ranks 105Before her are Stanisław Szukalski, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Asim Ferhatović, Hermann Lang, Georges Franju, and Edgar P. Jacobs. After her are Alessandro Blasetti, R. Budd Dwyer, Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, Jackie Gleason, Adile Naşit, and Bernhard Grzimek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Tiptree Jr. ranks 3,530 out of 18,182Before her are Scotty Moore (1931), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Stephen Paddock (1953), Lepke Buchalter (1897), Dutch Schultz (1902), and Mitch Pileggi (1952). After her are Doug Savant (1964), Jennifer Doudna (1964), Peter Boyle (1935), Kit Carson (1809), The Big Bopper (1930), and Lloyd Bacon (1889).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Tiptree Jr. ranks 315Before her are Bell hooks (1952), Jack Thayer (1894), Steve Berry (1955), Erica Jong (1942), Edward Gorey (1925), and Edward Bellamy (1850). After her are Mary Mapes Dodge (1831), Brian Herbert (1947), Syd Field (1935), Richard Bandler (1950), Hal Clement (1922), and Joyce Meyer (1943).