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John Betjeman

1906 - 1984

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Sir John Betjeman, (; 28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Betjeman has received more than 1,129,200 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John Betjeman is the 5,621st most popular writer (down from 5,126th in 2019), the 4,767th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,490th in 2019) and the 534th most popular British Writer.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Betjeman ranks 5,621 out of 5,755. Before him are Ravindra Prabhat, Madeline Miller, Marina Lewycka, Leszek Engelking, John Skelton, and Edward Everett Hale. After him are Sarah J. Maas, Anna Löwenstein, Kenneth Rexroth, Owen Barfield, Colum McCann, and John Perry Barlow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, John Betjeman ranks 357. Before him are Giovanni D'Anzi, Meindert DeJong, Charley Borah, Jan Pijnenburg, Olive Borden, and Klaus Egge. After him are Diana Wynyard, Edward Akufo-Addo, Buddy Adler, Oscar Levant, Irving Jaffee, and Máirtín Ó Cadhain. Among people deceased in 1984, John Betjeman ranks 227. Before him are Otto Arosemena, Rudolf Stahl, Margaret Livingston, Bill Holland, Bjarne Johnsen, and William Keighley. After him are Edith Massey, Shelly Manne, Andrea Leeds, Frank Church, H. Bruce Humberstone, and Ivor Montagu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Betjeman ranks 4,767 out of 7,765. Before him are Philip Selway (1967), Frederick Holman (1885), Lionel Tertis (1876), Imogen Poots (1989), Titus Oates (1649), and John Skelton (1460). After him are Daniel Sharman (1986), Emile Heskey (1978), Mark Mazower (1958), Terry Paine (1939), Anna Löwenstein (1951), and Thomas Brisbane (1773).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Betjeman ranks 534. Before him are Roma Ryan (1950), Edmund Gosse (1849), Ernest Dowson (1867), John Barbour (1316), Dick King-Smith (1922), and John Skelton (1460). After him are Anna Löwenstein (1951), Owen Barfield (1898), Simon Sebag Montefiore (1965), Hammond Innes (1913), George Grove (1820), and Kate Mosse (1961).

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