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Maxwell Anderson

1888 - 1959

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James Maxwell Anderson (December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist, and lyricist. Anderson faced many challenges in his career, frequently losing jobs for expressing his opinions or supporting controversial figures. Despite this, he found success as a dramatist and wrote a number of hit plays, including What Price Glory, Both Your Houses, and The Bad Seed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maxwell Anderson has received more than 275,974 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Maxwell Anderson is the 3,988th most popular writer (down from 3,783rd in 2019), the 5,207th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,064th in 2019) and the 424th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

You who have dreams
1925
Mary of Scotland
Drama
1933
The masque of kings
Drama
1936
The star-wagon
1937
Elizabeth the queen
Drama
1930
Valley Forge
Drama, History
1934

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maxwell Anderson ranks 3,988 out of 7,302. Before him are Lady Ise, Frankétienne, Yuriy Venelin, Wilferd Madelung, Joan Lindsay, and Matilde Serao. After him are Ralph Ellison, Sarah Kirsch, Alexander Neckam, Mary Norton, Jan Wolkers, and Tad Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Maxwell Anderson ranks 156. Before him are Elisabeth Schumann, Vahram Papazian, Ralph Hartley, Louis J. Mordell, Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, and Jean Bouin. After him are Marcel Jouhandeau, Franciszek Kleeberg, Elsa Brändström, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, Marietta Shaginyan, and Walther Kossel. Among people deceased in 1959, Maxwell Anderson ranks 119. Before him are Heleno de Freitas, Mutara III Rudahigwa, Edmund Goulding, Pierre Frieden, Charles Starkweather, and Friedrich Waismann. After him are Benjamin Christensen, Franz Blücher, Boris Eikhenbaum, Sténio Vincent, Stepan Erzia, and Alfonso López Pumarejo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maxwell Anderson ranks 5,207 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Ruck (1956), Harry Cohn (1891), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Frankie Avalon (1940), Gustave Gilbert (1911), and Gary Cole (1956). After him are Ralph Ellison (1914), Joe E. Brown (1891), Kenneth Mars (1935), Marian Seldes (1928), Sterling Morrison (1942), and Jimi Jamison (1951).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Maxwell Anderson ranks 424. Before him are Elmer Rice (1892), Elizabeth Strout (1956), James Thurber (1894), John Norman (1931), Susanna Kaysen (1948), and Pauline Kael (1919). After him are Ralph Ellison (1914), Tad Williams (1957), Melissa Mathison (1950), Lloyd Alexander (1924), Syd Field (1935), and Elbert Hubbard (1856).

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