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John Gribbin

1946 - Today

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John R. Gribbin (born 19 March 1946) is a British science writer, an astrophysicist, and a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. His writings include quantum physics, human evolution, climate change, global warming, the origins of the universe, and biographies of famous scientists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Gribbin has received more than 203,563 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. John Gribbin is the 5,854th most popular writer (down from 5,396th in 2019), the 5,220th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,056th in 2019) and the 592nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Gribbin ranks 5,854 out of 5,755Before him are Fedor Samokhin, Mavis Gallant, R. S. Thomas, Shin Kyung-sook, Athol Fugard, and Ellen Glasgow. After him are Jill Abramson, E. Pauline Johnson, Hanya Yanagihara, Katie Couric, Bernardine Evaristo, and Hugh Blair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, John Gribbin ranks 645Before him are Samuel E. Wright, Patrick Manning, Richard LeParmentier, Wiesław Rudkowski, Dennis Kucinich, and Ed Markey. After him are Humphrey Carpenter, Susan Saint James, Jim Webb, Im Shung-hwi, Sonny Perdue, and Kiril Ivkov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gribbin ranks 5,220 out of 7,765Before him are Francis Maitland Balfour (1851), R. S. Thomas (1913), Laurie Scott (1917), James Stephenson (1889), Derek Fowlds (1937), and John McEnery (1943). After him are Daniel Kaluuya (1989), Gary Speed (1969), Amanda Abbington (1974), Tanya Tate (1979), Craig David (1981), and Kenneth Clarke (1940).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Gribbin ranks 592Before him are Zadie Smith (1975), James Bowen (1979), George Peele (1556), Saunders Lewis (1893), Dannie Abse (1923), and R. S. Thomas (1913). After him are Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Hugh Blair (1718), Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Caryl Churchill (1938), Catherine Cookson (1906), and Rose Tremain (1943).