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John W. Campbell

1910 - 1971

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John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later called Analog Science Fiction and Fact) from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Campbell wrote super-science space opera under his own name and stories under his primary pseudonym, Don A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John W. Campbell has received more than 722,430 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. John W. Campbell is the 2,274th most popular writer (down from 2,023rd in 2019), the 2,860th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,659th in 2019) and the 249th most popular American Writer.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John W. Campbell ranks 2,274 out of 7,302. Before him are Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, Đura Jakšić, Edward Bunker, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, August von Platen-Hallermünde, and Fritz Leiber. After him are Henri Desgrange, Rahul Sankrityayan, Christina Rossetti, Heinrich Glarean, Tomé Pires, and Evelyn Beatrice Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, John W. Campbell ranks 113. Before him are Rudolf Kempe, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Félix Candela, Ruan Lingyu, Lothar Collatz, and Fritz Leiber. After him are Cao Yu, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Hazi Aslanov, Bernard Voorhoof, Howlin' Wolf, and Jorge Negrete. Among people deceased in 1971, John W. Campbell ranks 72. Before him are Yrjö Väisälä, Hermann Ehrhardt, József Zakariás, Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Edie Sedgwick, and Margaret Bourke-White. After him are Duane Allman, August Derleth, Frank Wolff, Mak Dizdar, Amet-khan Sultan, and Georgi Asparuhov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John W. Campbell ranks 2,860 out of 20,380. Before him are Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), Helen Frankenthaler (1928), Selena (1971), Alan Dershowitz (1938), Saul Perlmutter (1959), and Cy Young (1867). After him are George Mikan (1924), Rodney Alcala (1943), Mabel Normand (1892), Robert Ressler (1937), Lizzie Magie (1866), and Charles Bachman (1924).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John W. Campbell ranks 249. Before him are Joseph Heller (1923), Wayne Dyer (1940), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), Harlan Coben (1962), Edward Bunker (1933), and Fritz Leiber (1910). After him are Robert Ressler (1937), Harold Bloom (1930), William Steig (1907), Archibald Gracie IV (1858), August Derleth (1909), and Mary Baker Eddy (1821).

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