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Marilyn Ferguson

1938 - 2008

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Marilyn Ferguson (April 5, 1938, in Grand Junction, Colorado – October 19, 2008) was an American author, editor and public speaker known for her 1980 book The Aquarian Conspiracy, which is connected with the New Age Movement. Ferguson published and edited the well-regarded science newsletter Brain/Mind Bulletin from 1975 to 1996. She eventually earned several honorary degrees, served on the board of directors of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and befriended such diverse figures of influence as inventor and theorist Buckminster Fuller, spiritual author Ram Dass, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Ilya Prigogine and billionaire Ted Turner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marilyn Ferguson has received more than 147,860 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Marilyn Ferguson is the 5,008th most popular writer (down from 4,383rd in 2019), the 7,440th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,341st in 2019) and the 604th most popular American Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 45.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marilyn Ferguson ranks 5,008 out of 5,755. Before her are Virgilio Piñera, Alfhild Agrell, Peter Englund, Joseph Roumanille, Eyvindr skáldaspillir, and Robert Herrick. After her are William Davenant, Henri Béraud, Jakub Arbes, Ariel Durant, David S. Goyer, and Ulrich Plenzdorf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Marilyn Ferguson ranks 396. Before her are Yvonne Rüegg, Marina Ratner, Halina Górecka, Fischer Black, Edem Kodjo, and Viktor Konovalenko. After her are Fred Stolle, Carlos Contreras, Eugenio Montejo, Tomislav Knez, Haruhiro Yamashita, and Fritz d'Orey. Among people deceased in 2008, Marilyn Ferguson ranks 249. Before her are Béatrix Beck, Thomas M. Disch, Kurt Furgler, Paulos Faraj Rahho, Giovanni Viola, and Dingiri Banda Wijetunga. After her are Cecilia Colledge, Eugenio Montejo, Sandy Allen, Halszka Osmólska, Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, and Judah Folkman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marilyn Ferguson ranks 7,440 out of 18,182. Before her are Ben Foster (1980), Scott Kelly (1964), Marc Ribot (1954), Pepper Adams (1930), Gwen Verdon (1925), and Mick Thomson (1973). After her are Don Bragg (1935), Cathy Moriarty (1960), Thurston Moore (1958), Dennis Sullivan (1941), David S. Goyer (1965), and Camille Keaton (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Marilyn Ferguson ranks 604. Before her are Eve Ensler (1953), Bo Goldman (1932), Robert Charles Wilson (1953), John Logan (1961), Fred Saberhagen (1930), and Louis Sachar (1954). After her are David S. Goyer (1965), Louis L'Amour (1908), Louella Parsons (1881), Amy Lowell (1874), Michael Herr (1940), and Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836).

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