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John Wyndham

1903 - 1969

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John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (; 10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969) was an English science fiction writer best known for his works published under the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Wyndham has received more than 1,004,682 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). John Wyndham is the 2,620th most popular writer (up from 2,741st in 2019), the 1,941st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,078th in 2019) and the 215th most popular British Writer.

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  • 54.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Wyndham ranks 2,620 out of 7,302. Before him are Varro Atacinus, Terry Goodkind, Vladimir Sorokin, Nordahl Grieg, Dritëro Agolli, and Günter Wallraff. After him are Bragi Boddason, Samad Vurgun, Richard Wurmbrand, Neil Simon, Waldemar Bonsels, and Orson Scott Card.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, John Wyndham ranks 139. Before him are Ferenc Nagy, Cyril Jackson, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Karl Fritzsch, Rensis Likert, and Benjamin Spock. After him are Guillermo Subiabre, Lina Radke, Dolores Costello, Matvey Blanter, Takiji Kobayashi, and Ona Munson. Among people deceased in 1969, John Wyndham ranks 92. Before him are Mark Bernes, Georges Catroux, Peter van Eyck, Krzysztof Komeda, Max Weinreich, and Léon Scieur. After him are Eduardo Mondlane, Jeffrey Hunter, Willy Mairesse, Constantin Ion Parhon, André Salmon, and Vesto Slipher.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wyndham ranks 1,941 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Rostron (1869), David Knopfler (1952), Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), Edward Vernon (1684), and Tony Banks (1950). After him are Robert Darwin (1766), Peter Crouch (1981), F. H. Bradley (1846), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), John Cockerill (1790), and John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Wyndham ranks 215. Before him are John Aubrey (1626), Arthur Young (1741), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), Gerald Gardner (1884), George Whitefield (1714), and Tobias Smollett (1721). After him are Frederick Marryat (1792), Mary Astell (1666), Tom Sharpe (1928), Edith Pargeter (1913), Herbert Read (1893), and William Smith (1813).

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