WRITER

Leonard Woolf

1880 - 1969

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Leonard Sidney Woolf (; (1880-11-25)25 November 1880 – (1969-08-14)14 August 1969) was a British political theorist, author, publisher, and civil servant. He was married to author Virginia Woolf. As a member of the Labour Party and the Fabian Society, Woolf was an avid publisher of his own work and his wife's novels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonard Woolf has received more than 1,149,729 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Leonard Woolf is the 2,372nd most popular writer (up from 2,595th in 2019), the 1,760th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,976th in 2019) and the 191st most popular British Writer.

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  • 61.14

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leonard Woolf ranks 2,372 out of 7,302. Before him are Ueda Akinari, William Auld, Ulf Stark, António Vieira, Ludovico di Varthema, and Dionysios Solomos. After him are Edith Hamilton, Cigerxwîn, Jonas Jonasson, Pierre Souvestre, Fredrika Bremer, and Neil Postman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Leonard Woolf ranks 86. Before him are Eric Lemming, Eric Campbell, Hermann von Keyserling, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Carl Van Vechten. After him are Gabriel Voisin, Christabel Pankhurst, Kōdō Sawaki, Zequinha de Abreu, Mihail Sadoveanu, and Waldemar Bonsels. Among people deceased in 1969, Leonard Woolf ranks 84. Before him are Rómulo Gallegos, Thelma Ritter, Domingo Tejera, Coleman Hawkins, Ivar Ballangrud, and Josef Blösche. After him are Carlos Marighella, Mark Bernes, Georges Catroux, Peter van Eyck, Krzysztof Komeda, and Max Weinreich.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leonard Woolf ranks 1,760 out of 8,785. Before him are Thom Yorke (1968), Patrick Geddes (1854), Henry Maudslay (1771), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), John Flaxman (1755), and Archibald Leitch (1865). After him are Sigfrid of Sweden (1000), Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (1897), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), Peg Entwistle (1908), John Sulston (1942), and Taliesin (518).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Leonard Woolf ranks 191. Before him are Kingsley Amis (1922), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), Terry Eagleton (1943), Philip Sidney (1554), Walter Bagehot (1826), and William Auld (1924). After him are Taliesin (518), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), George Meredith (1828), and Renée Vivien (1877).

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