WRITER

John Dickson Carr

1906 - 1977

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John Dickson Carr (November 30, 1906 – February 27, 1977) was an American author of detective stories, who also published using the pseudonyms Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, and Roger Fairbairn. He lived in England for a number of years, and is often grouped among "British-style" mystery writers. Most (though not all) of his novels had English settings, especially country villages and estates, and English characters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Dickson Carr has received more than 462,114 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). John Dickson Carr is the 1,549th most popular writer (down from 1,186th in 2019), the 1,907th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,451st in 2019) and the 166th most popular American Writer.

John Dickson Carr is most famous for his mystery novels and short stories.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Dickson Carr ranks 1,549 out of 7,302. Before him are Kim Bu-sik, Tarjei Vesaas, Ausiàs March, José de Acosta, Usama ibn Munqidh, and Elizabeth of the Trinity. After him are Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Junji Ito, Raymond Roussel, Elizabeth Bishop, Pío Baroja, and Antoine de Montchrestien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, John Dickson Carr ranks 91. Before him are Phạm Văn Đồng, Franz Hössler, Carlo Scarpa, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Joaquín Balaguer, and Heinz Harmel. After him are Lillian Asplund, Janet Gaynor, John Carradine, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Horst Schumann, and George Sanders. Among people deceased in 1977, John Dickson Carr ranks 57. Before him are Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Bruno Streckenbach, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Paul Desmond, Hamida Djandoubi, and Marc Bolan. After him are Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Carlos Pace, Takeo Kurita, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, Félix Gouin, and Marien Ngouabi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Dickson Carr ranks 1,907 out of 20,380. Before him are Ken Norton (1943), Ernie Hudson (1945), Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944), Winsor McCay (1867), Jerry Stiller (1927), and Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915). After him are Johns Hopkins (1795), Richard Rodgers (1902), Richard Sennett (1943), Daryl Hannah (1960), Bernard Baruch (1870), and Elizabeth Bishop (1911).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Dickson Carr ranks 166. Before him are Elizabeth George (1949), James Oliver Curwood (1878), Robert Jordan (1948), Nora Roberts (1950), Edward Albee (1928), and Carson McCullers (1917). After him are Elizabeth Bishop (1911), Ben Shapiro (1984), Jeffery Deaver (1950), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), Dean Koontz (1945), and Langston Hughes (1902).

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