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Julian Symons

1912 - 1994

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Julian Gustave Symons (originally Gustave Julian Symons, pronounced SIMM-ons; 30 May 1912 – 19 November 1994) was a British crime writer and poet. He also wrote social and military history, biography and studies of literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julian Symons has received more than 112,079 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Julian Symons is the 5,769th most popular writer, the 4,511th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 508th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Julian Symons ranks 5,769 out of 7,302. Before him are Diana Der Hovanessian, Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová, Vincenzo Consolo, Aleksandr Chakovsky, Shahrnush Parsipur, and Javed Akhtar. After him are Ulrich Plenzdorf, Daniel Pearl, Nigella Lawson, Irmtraud Morgner, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, and Jhumpa Lahiri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Julian Symons ranks 347. Before him are József Pálinkás, Roger Michelot, Josef Neckermann, Francesc Xavier Bultó, Ettore Giannini, and Walter. After him are Toni Merkens, Mirvarid Dilbazi, Václav Horák, Karl Kreutzberg, Dorothy Janis, and Sarah Palfrey Cooke. Among people deceased in 1994, Julian Symons ranks 300. Before him are Alfredo Pérez, Erwin Strittmatter, Louis Gabrillargues, Yuli Raizman, Roger Apéry, and Aleksandr Chakovsky. After him are Ellsworth Vines, Aurora Mardiganian, Ernst Lörtscher, Lennart Klingström, Caroline Smith, and Royal Dano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Julian Symons ranks 4,511 out of 8,785. Before him are Morton Betts (1847), Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), Almroth Wright (1861), Zak Starkey (1965), Owain Yeoman (1978), and William Sherard (1659). After him are Colin Salmon (1962), Matthew Lewis (1989), Nigella Lawson (1960), Heather Harper (1930), John Francis Davis (1795), and Jhumpa Lahiri (1967).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Julian Symons ranks 508. Before him are Joe Orton (1933), Frederick Rolfe (1860), Pauline Baynes (1922), David Mitchell (1969), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), and Charles Williams (1886). After him are Nigella Lawson (1960), Jhumpa Lahiri (1967), Robert Edmond Grant (1793), Richard K. Morgan (1965), James Herbert (1943), and Walter de la Mare (1873).

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