1888 - 1974
John Crowe Ransom (April 30, 1888 – July 3, 1974) was an American educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist and editor. He is considered to be a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism. As a faculty member at Kenyon College, he was the first editor of the widely regarded Kenyon Review. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Crowe Ransom has received more than 246,390 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Crowe Ransom is the 6,203rd most popular writer (down from 5,472nd in 2019), the 13,385th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,802nd in 2019) and the 986th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, John Crowe Ransom ranks 6,203 out of 5,755. Before him are Charles Krauthammer, Anna Burns, Pat Cadigan, Craig Thomas, Jay Asher, and Junot Díaz. After him are Cyril Montana, Seth Meyers, Marian Keyes, Mark Manson, Ilija Trojanow, and Laurent Gaudé.
1950 - 2018
HPI: 35.49
Rank: 6,197
1962 - Present
HPI: 35.48
Rank: 6,198
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.45
Rank: 6,199
1971 - Present
HPI: 35.44
Rank: 6,200
1975 - Present
HPI: 35.43
Rank: 6,201
1968 - Present
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 6,202
1888 - 1974
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 6,203
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.41
Rank: 6,204
1973 - Present
HPI: 35.37
Rank: 6,205
1963 - Present
HPI: 35.36
Rank: 6,206
1984 - Present
HPI: 35.34
Rank: 6,207
1965 - Present
HPI: 35.32
Rank: 6,208
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.30
Rank: 6,209
Among people born in 1888, John Crowe Ransom ranks 247. Before him are Thomas Sopwith, Tor Lund, Daniel Norling, Monty Woolley, Clarence DeMar, and Clemence Dane. After him are Jay Gould II and Lewis Tewanima. Among people deceased in 1974, John Crowe Ransom ranks 236. Before him are Edna Best, Anders Lange, Patricia Collinge, Ken Myers, Dorothy Fields, and Eric Linklater. After him is Norman Kirk.
1888 - 1989
HPI: 39.39
Rank: 241
1888 - 1972
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 242
1888 - 1958
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 243
1888 - 1963
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 244
1888 - 1958
HPI: 37.81
Rank: 245
1888 - 1965
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 246
1888 - 1974
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 247
1888 - 1935
HPI: 34.95
Rank: 248
1888 - 1969
HPI: 34.35
Rank: 249
1900 - 1974
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 230
1904 - 1974
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 231
1892 - 1974
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 232
1896 - 1974
HPI: 38.19
Rank: 233
1904 - 1974
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 234
1899 - 1974
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 235
1888 - 1974
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 236
1923 - 1974
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 237
Among people born in United States, John Crowe Ransom ranks 13,385 out of 18,182. Before him are Gordon MacRae (1921), Carl E. Walz (1955), Jay Asher (1975), Udonis Haslem (1980), Sharon Leal (1972), and Alexandra Shipp (1991). After him are Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (1969), Dan Calichman (1968), Randy Travis (1959), Jeff Nichols (1978), Austin Amelio (1988), and Andre Phillips (1959).
1921 - 1986
HPI: 35.43
Rank: 13,379
1955 - Present
HPI: 35.43
Rank: 13,380
1975 - Present
HPI: 35.43
Rank: 13,381
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.43
Rank: 13,382
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.43
Rank: 13,383
1991 - Present
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 13,384
1888 - 1974
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 13,385
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 13,386
1968 - Present
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 13,387
1959 - Present
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 13,388
1978 - Present
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 13,389
1988 - Present
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 13,390
1959 - Present
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 13,391
Among writers born in United States, John Crowe Ransom ranks 986. Before him are Jeff VanderMeer (1968), Virginia Hamilton (1936), Charles Krauthammer (1950), Pat Cadigan (1953), Craig Thomas (1971), and Jay Asher (1975). After him are Seth Meyers (1973), Mark Manson (1984), Oscar Hijuelos (1951), Chris Morgan (1966), Andy Rooney (1919), and Becca Fitzpatrick (1979).
1968 - Present
HPI: 35.53
Rank: 980
1936 - 2002
HPI: 35.49
Rank: 981
1950 - 2018
HPI: 35.49
Rank: 982
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.45
Rank: 983
1971 - Present
HPI: 35.44
Rank: 984
1975 - Present
HPI: 35.43
Rank: 985
1888 - 1974
HPI: 35.42
Rank: 986
1973 - Present
HPI: 35.37
Rank: 987
1984 - Present
HPI: 35.34
Rank: 988
1951 - 2013
HPI: 35.24
Rank: 989
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.23
Rank: 990
1919 - 2011
HPI: 35.10
Rank: 991
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.09
Rank: 992