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John Masefield

1878 - 1967

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John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Masefield has received more than 734,304 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). John Masefield is the 5,513th most popular writer (down from 4,927th in 2019), the 4,557th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,100th in 2019) and the 512th most popular British Writer.

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  • 730k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Masefield ranks 5,513 out of 5,755. Before him are André Chamson, Aubrey de Grey, Patrick Rambaud, Johan Theorin, Anne Fine, and Jurga Ivanauskaitė. After him are Teréz Karacs, Cecelia Ahern, Liam O'Flaherty, Robert Coover, Philippe Delerm, and Julio Llamazares.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, John Masefield ranks 194. Before him are Peter Kemp, William C. deMille, Augustus John, Francisco Lagos Cházaro, John Cregan, and Carl Eduard Hellmayr. After him are Peder Kolstad, Garrett Serviss, Charles Tate Regan, George M. Cohan, Oscar Apfel, and Herbert H. Lehman. Among people deceased in 1967, John Masefield ranks 237. Before him are Edward Givens, Anatoly Maltsev, Sig Ruman, Simo Puupponen, Jobyna Ralston, and Alexander Aitken. After him are Lewis H. Brereton, Robert Daniel Carmichael, Nelson Eddy, Frederick E. Morgan, Carl Kempe, and Constance Titus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Masefield ranks 4,557 out of 7,765. Before him are Leeroy Thornhill (1968), Basil Dearden (1911), George Moorhouse (1901), Chris Wolstenholme (1978), David Douglas (1799), and Harry Golombek (1911). After him are Robert Smirke (1780), Thomas Baines (1820), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), Marina Diamandis (1985), David Brabham (1965), and Chris Anderson (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Masefield ranks 512. Before him are Walter de la Mare (1873), Iolo Morganwg (1747), David Seidler (1937), George William Russell (1867), Aubrey de Grey (1963), and Anne Fine (1947). After him are Jhumpa Lahiri (1967), Malcolm Gladwell (1963), Anne V. Coates (1925), Susan Cooper (1935), Ramsey Campbell (1946), and E. W. Hornung (1866).

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