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Mark Fisher

1968 - 2017

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Mark Fisher (11 July 1968 – 13 January 2017), also known under his blogging alias k-punk, was an English writer, music critic, political and cultural theorist, philosopher, and teacher based in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Fisher has received more than 1,388,202 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Mark Fisher is the 1,156th most popular philosopher (down from 1,122nd in 2019), the 3,701st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,313th in 2019) and the 75th most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 47.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Mark Fisher ranks 1,156 out of 1,267. Before him are William Thompson, Hector Boece, Ralph Cudworth, William Lane Craig, John McDowell, and Pat Robertson. After him are Mary Whiton Calkins, Thomas Sebeok, Uku Masing, F. C. S. Schiller, John Finnis, and John Peckham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Mark Fisher ranks 200. Before him are Seth Gilliam, Hassan Ali Khayre, Gloria Trevi, Vlade Divac, Pavel Kuka, and Howard Donald. After him are Bülent Korkmaz, Mariana Mazzucato, Sandrine Kiberlain, Rachel Griffiths, Navid Negahban, and Yasmine Bleeth. Among people deceased in 2017, Mark Fisher ranks 369. Before him are Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Dina Merrill, Rodrigo Valdez, Attilio Nicora, Joseph Bologna, and Vladimir Levenshtein. After him are Curt Lowens, Fernando Birri, Rose Marie, Liam Cosgrave, Barbara Hale, and Clifford Husbands.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mark Fisher ranks 3,701 out of 8,785. Before him are Bob Houghton (1947), Tony Benn (1925), Michael Hirst (1952), Joseph Bramah (1748), Howard Donald (1968), and Joyce Mansour (1928). After him are Frances Yates (1899), John Gower (1330), Freddie Francis (1917), Jason Bonham (1966), Eric Stewart (1945), and Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Mark Fisher ranks 75. Before him are Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), Carole Pateman (1940), Walter Burley (1275), W. D. Ross (1877), Hector Boece (1465), and Ralph Cudworth (1617). After him are John Peckham (1227), Anthony Collins (1676), Bernard Bosanquet (1848), Eric A. Havelock (1903), Michael Ruse (1940), and Richard Price (1723).

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