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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 848,625 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Max Hastings is the 5,815th most popular writer (down from 5,262nd in 2019), the 5,144th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,760th in 2019) and the 577th most popular British Writer.

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  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Max Hastings ranks 5,815 out of 5,755. Before him are Guillermo Martínez, Angus Wilson, George Saunders, Tillie Olsen, Henry Vaughan, and Tana French. After him are William Wycherley, Carlton Cuse, Hanan al-Shaykh, David McCullough, John Arden, and John Burroughs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Max Hastings ranks 533. Before him are Christy Moore, Javier Guzmán, Bill Weld, Mike Garson, Bruce Broughton, and Odd Iversen. After him are Hanan al-Shaykh, Bo Ralph, Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba, Suzanne Farrell, Miriam Defensor Santiago, and Fyodor Simashev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Max Hastings ranks 5,144 out of 7,765. Before him are Ian Brown (1963), Angus Wilson (1913), Bunny Austin (1906), Ann Jones (1938), Henry Vaughan (1621), and Hannah John-Kamen (1989). After him are William Wycherley (1640), Daley Thompson (1958), Skandar Keynes (1991), Holmes Herbert (1882), David Robb (1947), and Ronald Searle (1920).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Max Hastings ranks 577. Before him are Polly Samson (1962), J. G. Farrell (1935), Thomas Heywood (1574), Thomas Percy (1729), Angus Wilson (1913), and Henry Vaughan (1621). After him are William Wycherley (1640), John Arden (1930), H. R. F. Keating (1926), Dan Abnett (1965), Brian Friel (1929), and Bernice Rubens (1923).

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