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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 495,385 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). L. Sprague de Camp is the 2,761st most popular writer (down from 2,747th in 2019), the 3,610th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,513th in 2019) and the 324th most popular American Writer.

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  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 2,761 out of 5,755. Before him are Julius Pomponius Laetus, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Jeff Lindsay, Paul Gallico, Luis Cernuda, and Yuan Mei. After him are Thomas of Britain, Kamo no Chōmei, Ludwig Rellstab, Cassandra Clare, Erich Fried, and Suzanne Curchod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 144. Before him are Annabella, Yasushi Inoue, Parvin E'tesami, Ernesto Mascheroni, Mihail Sebastian, and Helmut Walcha. After him are Ita Rina, Géza von Radványi, Roberto Cherro, Béla Barényi, Miguel Torga, and James A. Michener. Among people deceased in 2000, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 111. Before him are Edward Gorey, Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Jean Peters, Julie London, Basil Bernstein, and Elek Schwartz. After him are Ian Dury, Kalle Svensson, Abdul Haris Nasution, Gérard Blain, René Favaloro, and Aristidis Konstantinidis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 3,610 out of 18,182. Before him are Linda Fiorentino (1958), Frederic Forrest (1936), Leon Spinks (1953), Michael Winslow (1958), Ethel Kennedy (1928), and George Dewey (1837). After him are T-Bone Walker (1910), Brooke Adams (1949), Jessie Royce Landis (1896), Joan Copeland (1922), Alan Dershowitz (1938), and Friz Freleng (1906).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 324. Before him are Syd Field (1935), Richard Bandler (1950), Hal Clement (1922), Joyce Meyer (1943), Jeff Lindsay (1952), and Paul Gallico (1897). After him are R. A. Salvatore (1959), Henry Kuttner (1915), David Eddings (1931), Laura Bridgman (1829), Alice B. Toklas (1877), and Vonda N. McIntyre (1948).

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