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John Christopher

1922 - 2012

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Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012) was a British writer best known for science fiction written under the name of John Christopher, including the novels The Death of Grass, The Possessors, and the young-adult novel series The Tripods. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Christopher has received more than 257,740 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. John Christopher is the 2,555th most popular writer (up from 3,044th in 2019), the 1,948th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,267th in 2019) and the 224th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Christopher ranks 2,555 out of 5,755. Before him are Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Alonso de Ercilla, Takiji Kobayashi, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Harlan Ellison, and Aspazija. After him are Tudor Arghezi, Àngel Guimerà, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Ursula Kuczynski, Oscar Cullmann, and Yuan Zhen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, John Christopher ranks 173. Before him are Seymour Martin Lipset, Gene Amdahl, Vasko Popa, Adil Çarçani, Artemio Franchi, and Günter Behnisch. After him are Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Gilberto Agustoni, Alan Perlis, Otl Aicher, Egon Bahr, and William Baumol. Among people deceased in 2012, John Christopher ranks 137. Before him are Maxim of Bulgaria, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Han Suyin, Pahiño, Gitta Sereny, and Gevork Vartanian. After him are Ruggiero Ricci, Lakshmi Sahgal, Russell Means, Marie Colvin, Eiko Ishioka, and Shulamith Firestone.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Christopher ranks 1,948 out of 7,765. Before him are K. K. Downing (1951), Bob Peck (1945), Captain Tom (1920), Benedict Wong (1971), Michelle Fairley (1964), and Kay Parker (1944). After him are Jack Charlton (1935), John Hume (1937), Roderick Murchison (1792), William Ernest Henley (1849), Nehemiah Grew (1641), and Michael Byrne (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Christopher ranks 224. Before him are E. Nesbit (1858), Edith Pargeter (1913), William Congreve (1670), Arthur Young (1741), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), and Mary Astell (1666). After him are William Ernest Henley (1849), Leonard Woolf (1880), Herbert Read (1893), Joseph Delaney (1945), Ken Robinson (1950), and David C. H. Austin (1926).

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