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Jane Hawking

1944 - Today

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Jane Beryl Wilde Hawking Jones (born 29 March 1944) is an English author and teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jane Hawking has received more than 9,219,758 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jane Hawking is the 1,422nd most popular writer (down from 804th in 2019), the 1,077th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 658th in 2019) and the 124th most popular British Writer.

Jane Hawking is most famous for her autobiography, "Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen," which was published in 1988. The book tells the story of her life with Stephen Hawking, from their first meeting at Cambridge University to his diagnosis with ALS.

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  • 9.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jane Hawking ranks 1,422 out of 7,302. Before her are Remy de Gourmont, Béla Balázs, Ryū Murakami, Joseph Mohr, Qiu Jin, and Du Mu. After her are Chico Xavier, Else Lasker-Schüler, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Károly Kerényi, Ihara Saikaku, and Marcel Aymé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Jane Hawking ranks 127. Before her are Jürgen Grabowski, Andris Bērziņš, Frank Oz, John Densmore, Ian Wilmut, and Ferenc Bene. After her are Chris Patten, Roger Scruton, Agnes Baltsa, Robert C. Merton, Petar Zhekov, and Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jane Hawking ranks 1,077 out of 8,785. Before her are W. O. Bentley (1888), Bob Hope (1903), Ian Wilmut (1944), Mungo Park (1771), Edmund Leighton (1852), and William Henry Perkin (1838). After her are Chris Patten (1944), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Paul Grice (1913), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), and William Stuart-Houston (1911).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Jane Hawking ranks 124. Before her are P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Neil Gaiman (1960), Lee Child (1954), Allan Pinkerton (1819), James Murray (1837), and Robert Browning (1812). After her are Seamus Heaney (1939), Winifred Wagner (1897), Colin Dexter (1930), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Vita Sackville-West (1892), and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689).

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