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Joseph Delaney

1945 - 2022

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Joseph Henry Delaney (25 July 1945 – 16 August 2022) was an English author best known for his children's dark fantasy series, Spook's, inspired by the folklore, history and geography of Lancashire. The series has been published in 30 countries, achieving sales of over 4.5 million copies. Born in Preston, Lancashire, in 1945, Delaney started his career as a teacher, who also authored science fiction and fantasy novels under the pen name J. K. Haderack. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Delaney has received more than 357,075 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Delaney is the 2,635th most popular writer (down from 2,626th in 2019), the 2,006th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,995th in 2019) and the 228th most popular British Writer.

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  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph Delaney ranks 2,635 out of 5,755. Before him are Yasushi Inoue, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Takuboku Ishikawa, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, May Ziade, and Shulamith Firestone. After him are Ibn Kemal, Esaias Tegnér, Ngaio Marsh, Naoya Shiga, Avetik Isahakyan, and Liviu Rebreanu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Joseph Delaney ranks 205. Before him are Neophyte of Bulgaria, Joanna Cassidy, Marianne Sägebrecht, Pablo Forlán, Bob Seger, and Shulamith Firestone. After him are Stephen Stills, Dimitar Penev, Leonid Popov, Christophe, Antonio Cañizares Llovera, and András Arató. Among people deceased in 2022, Joseph Delaney ranks 166. Before him are Mwai Kibaki, Raymond Damadian, Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, Fernando Gomes, Joachim Streich, and Carl, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Mark Lanegan, Tony Brooks, Anne Heche, Tony Sirico, Just Jaeckin, and Dominique Lapierre.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Delaney ranks 2,006 out of 7,765. Before him are Jeanette (1951), George Frederic Watts (1817), Mary Hopkin (1950), Samuel Baker (1821), Nicollette Sheridan (1963), and Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977). After him are Robert Hichens (1882), Albert F. Mummery (1855), Claude Auchinleck (1884), Chris Bristow (1937), Tony Brooks (1932), and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Joseph Delaney ranks 228. Before him are Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Mary Astell (1666), John Christopher (1922), William Ernest Henley (1849), Leonard Woolf (1880), and Herbert Read (1893). After him are Ken Robinson (1950), David C. H. Austin (1926), Arnold Bennett (1867), Robert Burton (1577), Max Beerbohm (1872), and Angela Carter (1940).

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