WRITER

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 1,234,876 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). John Betjeman is the 6,096th most popular writer (down from 5,601st in 2019), the 5,012th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,755th in 2019) and the 562nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Betjeman ranks 6,096 out of 7,302. Before him are Owen Barfield, Peter Orlovsky, Aglaja Veteranyi, János Batsányi, Jakob Jakobsen, and Sigitas Geda. After him are Eva Crane, Pavel Antokolsky, George Grove, Antjie Krog, María Dueñas, and Julio Llamazares.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, John Betjeman ranks 392. Before him are Romildo Etcheverry, Márton Homonnai, David Smith, Jorge Góngora, Edward Akufo-Addo, and Sidney Darlington. After him are Vincent Sherman, Anna Dresden-Polak, Pedro Bergés, Klaus Egge, Daulat Singh Kothari, and Barbara Bennett. Among people deceased in 1984, John Betjeman ranks 251. Before him are Andrea Leeds, Karl Neumer, Franz Fühmann, René Lorain, Margaret Livingston, and Bill Holland. After him are José Humberto Quintero Parra, Luther Adler, Ross Taylor, Edith Massey, Frank Church, and Jon-Erik Hexum.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Betjeman ranks 5,012 out of 8,785. Before him are Gil Merrick (1922), John Whitehurst (1713), Guy Pratt (1962), John Owen (1827), William Duesbury (1725), and Gordon Thomas (1921). After him are Katie Johnson (1878), Steve Archibald (1956), Eva Crane (1912), George Grove (1820), Queenie Newall (1854), and Anne Dudley (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Betjeman ranks 562. Before him are Hammond Innes (1913), Chris Claremont (1950), Zadie Smith (1975), Margaret Drabble (1939), Coventry Patmore (1823), and Owen Barfield (1898). After him are Eva Crane (1912), George Grove (1820), Ian McDonald (1960), Margaret Oliphant (1828), Roma Ryan (1950), and Lady Charlotte Guest (1812).

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