WRITER

L. Sprague de Camp

1907 - 2000

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Lyon Sprague de Camp (; November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction literature. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, both novels and works of non-fiction, including biographies of other fantasy authors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of L. Sprague de Camp has received more than 524,934 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). L. Sprague de Camp is the 2,567th most popular writer (up from 2,751st in 2019), the 3,249th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,600th in 2019) and the 282nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The continent makers
1953
Rogue queen
Fiction in English
1951
Lands beyond
Geographical myths
1952
Heroes and hobgoblins
1912
The best of L. Sprague de Camp
American Science fiction, Science fiction, American
1978
The Goblin Tower
1979

Among WRITERS

Among writers, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 2,567 out of 7,302. Before him are Edvard Kocbek, Nikoloz Baratashvili, Ouida, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Janus Pannonius, and John Aubrey. After him are George Mosse, Hilaire Belloc, Nodar Dumbadze, Wilhelm Worringer, Anne Holt, and Théophile de Viau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 143. Before him are Roberto Cherro, Bo Gu, Ursula Kuczynski, Frederick Copleston, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, and Fay Wray. After him are Sergei Kruglov, Parvin E'tesami, Isaac Deutscher, Max Pauly, Viktoria Brezhneva, and Guido Masetti. Among people deceased in 2000, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 103. Before him are Domingos da Guia, Ursula Kuczynski, Svetozar Vukmanović, Kalle Svensson, Christian Marquand, and Bernhard Wicki. After him are Penelope Fitzgerald, Claude Autant-Lara, Nancy Marchand, Gérard Blain, Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, and Wojciech Has.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 3,249 out of 20,380. Before him are Lee Krasner (1908), Barry Goldwater (1909), Nancy Roman (1925), Gall (1840), Charles Grodin (1935), and Clarence Brown (1890). After him are Rebbie Jackson (1950), Benjamin Spock (1903), Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), David Ausubel (1918), Dan Hedaya (1940), and Emmylou Harris (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 282. Before him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), Katherine Jackson (1930), Alexandra Ripley (1934), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Andrea Dworkin (1946), and John Barth (1930). After him are Elmore Leonard (1925), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Jim Thompson (1906), Terry Goodkind (1948), Neil Simon (1927), and Orson Scott Card (1951).

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