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Max Hastings

1945 - Today

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Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings (; born 28 December 1945) is a British journalist and military historian, who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, and editor of the Evening Standard. He is also the author of thirty books, most significantly histories, which have won several major awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Hastings has received more than 925,461 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Max Hastings is the 6,219th most popular writer (down from 5,793rd in 2019), the 5,231st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,132nd in 2019) and the 591st most popular British Writer.

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  • 930k

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  • 50.30

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Max Hastings ranks 6,219 out of 7,302Before him are Mikhail Gurevich, China Miéville, R. D. Blackmore, Nahum Tate, Mary Lamb, and Lawrence Venuti. After him are George Alec Effinger, N. Scott Momaday, Cecily von Ziegesar, Olivier Weber, Wallace Stegner, and Chen Danqing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Max Hastings ranks 599Before him are Subhash Ghai, Eugenie Scott, Brewster H. Shaw, Shirley Walker, Baudilio Jáuregui, and Ousmane Issoufi Maïga. After him are Cristian Gațu, Lowell George, Angela Scoular, Bill Weld, Ottorino Sartor, and Bo Ralph.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Max Hastings ranks 5,231 out of 8,785Before him are Charles Lapworth (1842), Lionel Jeffries (1926), Archie Scott Brown (1927), Nick Frost (1972), John Nunn (1955), and Joseph Pickford (1736). After him are Andrew Robertson (1994), Horace Bailey (1881), Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865), John Stones (1994), Eric Brandon (1920), and Ken Bates (1931).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Max Hastings ranks 591Before him are Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Bernice Rubens (1923), Brian Jacques (1939), China Miéville (1972), R. D. Blackmore (1825), and Mary Lamb (1764). After him are Thomas Hughes (1822), Ronald Firbank (1886), Dan Abnett (1965), William Empson (1906), Barbara Pym (1913), and Helen Bannerman (1862).