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Ken Robinson

1950 - 2020

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Sir Ken Robinson (4 March 1950 – 21 August 2020) was a British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies. He was director of the Arts in Schools Project (1985–1989) and Professor of Arts Education at the University of Warwick (1989–2001), and professor emeritus after leaving the university. In 2003, he was knighted for services to the arts. Originally from a working-class Liverpool family, around September 2001 Robinson moved to Los Angeles with his wife and children to serve as Senior Advisor to the president of the J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Robinson has received more than 33,663 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ken Robinson is the 2,650th most popular writer (up from 2,962nd in 2019), the 2,014th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,215th in 2019) and the 229th most popular British Writer.

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  • 34k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ken Robinson ranks 2,650 out of 5,755. Before him are U. R. Ananthamurthy, Tayeb Salih, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, John Cheever, Heimito von Doderer, and Yury Tynyanov. After him are Marianne Fredriksson, Pseudo-Geber, Michael Ondaatje, María Elena Walsh, Parvin E'tesami, and Bell hooks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Ken Robinson ranks 149. Before him are Ken Shimura, Princess Elena of Romania, Bertrand Delanoë, Natsagiin Bagabandi, Krzysztof Wielicki, and Mary Hopkin. After him are Haris Alexiou, Daria Nicolodi, Mike Rutherford, Sebastião Lazaroni, Mirko Cvetković, and Michio Ashikaga. Among people deceased in 2020, Ken Robinson ranks 191. Before him are McCoy Tyner, David Stern, Rhonda Fleming, Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, Fou Ts'ong, and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian. After him are Samuel Little, Mad Mike Hoare, Christophe, Juan Marsé, Gisèle Halimi, and Abderrahmane Youssoufi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ken Robinson ranks 2,014 out of 7,765. Before him are Albert F. Mummery (1855), Claude Auchinleck (1884), Chris Bristow (1937), Tony Brooks (1932), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), and Jane Morris (1839). After him are Edward Colston (1636), Elihu Thomson (1853), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Donald Crisp (1882), Eddie Irvine (1965), and Hugh Dowding (1882).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ken Robinson ranks 229. Before him are Mary Astell (1666), John Christopher (1922), William Ernest Henley (1849), Leonard Woolf (1880), Herbert Read (1893), and Joseph Delaney (1945). After him are David C. H. Austin (1926), Arnold Bennett (1867), Robert Burton (1577), Max Beerbohm (1872), Angela Carter (1940), and Samuel Smiles (1812).

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