WRITER

John Gardner

1926 - 2007

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John Edmund Gardner (20 November 1926 – 3 August 2007) was an English writer of spy and thriller novels. He is best known for his James Bond continuation novels, but also wrote a series of Boysie Oakes books and three novels containing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional villain, Professor Moriarty. During the Second World War, Gardner joined the Home Guard at the age of 13, served in the Fleet Air Arm and subsequently joined the Royal Marines: he later described himself as "the worst commando in the world". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Gardner has received more than 49,995 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Gardner is the 5,624th most popular writer (down from 4,743rd in 2019), the 4,341st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,605th in 2019) and the 488th most popular British Writer.

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  • 52.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Gardner ranks 5,624 out of 7,302. Before her are József Bajza, Lin Carter, David Benioff, Max Eastman, Terence Rattigan, and Josip Jurčič. After her are Richard D. Ryder, Federico De Roberto, Elvira Lindo, Henry van Dyke Jr., Pascal Lainé, and Oliverio Girondo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, John Gardner ranks 415. Before her are Diana Lynn, Bob Richards, W. Michael Blumenthal, Géza Kádas, Rosa Taikon, and A. N. R. Robinson. After her are John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, Alison Lurie, Nikos Koundouros, Tom Tryon, Conrad Hall, and Darleane C. Hoffman. Among people deceased in 2007, John Gardner ranks 323. Before her are Madeleine L'Engle, Srđan Mrkušić, Laraine Day, Atilio Cremaschi, Leslie Orgel, and Noël Milarew Odingar. After her are Bohdan Paczyński, Jerry Falwell, Eugen Walaschek, Heinz Schiller, José Antonio Roca, and Dragutin Tadijanović.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gardner ranks 4,341 out of 8,785. Before her are David Goodall (1914), Sam Brown (1964), Amy Macdonald (1987), Terence Rattigan (1911), Euphemia de Ross (1333), and A. V. Dicey (1835). After her are William Henry Dean (1887), Richard D. Ryder (1940), Michael Crawford (1942), Amina J. Mohammed (1961), Thomas Henderson (1798), and Simon Donaldson (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Gardner ranks 488. Before her are Susanna Clarke (1959), Beryl Markham (1902), Aubrey de Grey (1963), George Lillo (1691), Mark Haddon (1962), and Terence Rattigan (1911). After her are Richard D. Ryder (1940), Stephen Spender (1909), George William Russell (1867), Hanif Kureishi (1954), Jeanette Winterson (1959), and Marmaduke Pickthall (1875).

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