WRITER

Josephine Tey

1896 - 1952

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Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 – 13 February 1952), known by the pen name Josephine Tey, was a Scottish author. Her novel The Daughter of Time, a detective work investigating the death of the Princes in the Tower, was chosen by the Crime Writers' Association in 1990 as the greatest crime novel of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josephine Tey has received more than 664,914 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Josephine Tey is the 2,780th most popular writer (up from 3,262nd in 2019), the 2,074th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,418th in 2019) and the 229th most popular British Writer.

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  • 660k

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  • 59.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Josephine Tey ranks 2,780 out of 7,302. Before her are Tang Xianzu, Alexandre Herculano, Sibilla Aleramo, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Varian Fry, and Aasmund Olavsson Vinje. After her are Larry Niven, Marion Chesney, Guido Guinizelli, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Carl Sandburg, and Kamo no Chōmei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Josephine Tey ranks 127. Before her are Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, Heimito von Doderer, John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Raymond Massey, Johannes Kleiman, and Besse Cooper. After her are Ramón Franco, Jacques Duclos, Dodie Smith, Ieronim Uborevich, Josef Kammhuber, and Philip Showalter Hench. Among people deceased in 1952, Josephine Tey ranks 80. Before her are Theodoros Pangalos, Carl Tanzler, Juan Yagüe, Mauno Pekkala, Vasili Eroshenko, and Rued Langgaard. After her are Silvio Cator, Maurice De Waele, John Garfield, Richard Hildebrandt, Takenoshin Nakai, and Vladimir Albitsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Josephine Tey ranks 2,074 out of 8,785. Before her are Edward Balliol (1283), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Robert Holdstock (1948), Steve Winwood (1948), Alexander Parkes (1813), and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871). After her are Marion Chesney (1936), David Byrne (1952), Roderick Murchison (1792), Frank Finlay (1926), James Herriot (1916), and Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Josephine Tey ranks 229. Before her are Marjorie Boulton (1924), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), Thomas Gray (1716), Thomas Kyd (1558), Samuel Smiles (1812), and Robert Holdstock (1948). After her are Marion Chesney (1936), James Herriot (1916), George Herbert (1593), John Webster (1578), Joseph Delaney (1945), and Irvine Welsh (1957).

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