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Martin Litchfield West

1937 - 2015

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Martin Litchfield West, (23 September 1937 – 13 July 2015) was a British philologist and classical scholar. In recognition of his contribution to scholarship, he was appointed to the Order of Merit in 2014. West wrote on ancient Greek music, Greek tragedy, Greek lyric poetry, the relations between Greece and the ancient Near East, and the connection between shamanism and early ancient Greek religion, including the Orphic tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Litchfield West has received more than 196,353 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Martin Litchfield West is the 5,676th most popular writer (down from 5,341st in 2019), the 4,387th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,328th in 2019) and the 498th most popular British Writer.

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  • 200k

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  • 45.39

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

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  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

INDO-EUROPEAN POETRY AND MYTH
Ilias
2001
Text Und Übersetzung
2021
INDO-EUROPEAN POETRY AND MYTH
Mythology, indo-european, Poetry, history and criticism, Mythology, Indo-European
2007
Greek Epic Fragments
Lost literature, Translations into English, Greek Epic poetry
2003
Homers Ilias
Homer, Epic poetry, history and criticism, Greek poetry, history and criticism
2008
Old Avestan Syntax and Stylistics
Avestan language, Syntax
2011

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Martin Litchfield West ranks 5,676 out of 7,302. Before him are Edmund White, Casimiro de Abreu, Marmaduke Pickthall, James Hogg, William Michael Rossetti, and Ernest Dowson. After him are You Xie, Alison Lurie, Hugh Walpole, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Herberto Hélder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Martin Litchfield West ranks 443. Before him are Carlos Campos, Gorilla Monsoon, Louis Neefs, Walter Graf, Joseph P. Allen, and Julian Barbour. After him are C. R. Hagen, Yuriy Poyarkov, Garrett Morris, Svante Thuresson, Pedro Casado, and Gianni Celati. Among people deceased in 2015, Martin Litchfield West ranks 371. Before him are Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Saeed Jaffrey, David Canary, Jouko Törmänen, Vittore Gottardi, and Oganes Zanazanyan. After him are Herberto Hélder, Léon Mébiame, Valmir Louruz, Bruno Pesaola, Sadhana Shivdasani, and Daniel von Bargen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Litchfield West ranks 4,387 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Eyre (1943), Robert Morison (1620), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), James Hogg (1770), William Michael Rossetti (1829), and Ernest Dowson (1867). After him are Reggie Pridmore (1886), George Grote (1794), I. J. Good (1916), Nathaniel Parker (1962), John Mayow (1640), and Vashti Bunyan (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Martin Litchfield West ranks 498. Before him are Hanif Kureishi (1954), Jeanette Winterson (1959), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), James Hogg (1770), William Michael Rossetti (1829), and Ernest Dowson (1867). After him are Charles Allston Collins (1828), Abraham Cowley (1618), Peter Morgan (1963), Joe Orton (1933), Frederick Rolfe (1860), and Pauline Baynes (1922).

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