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Maxwell Perkins

1884 - 1947

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William Maxwell Evarts "Max" Perkins (September 20, 1884 – June 17, 1947) was an American book editor, best remembered for discovering authors Ernest Hemingway, F. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maxwell Perkins has received more than 1,052,983 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Maxwell Perkins is the 197th most popular businessperson, the 2,166th most popular biography from United States and the 71st most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 56.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Maxwell Perkins ranks 197 out of 601. Before him are Peter Sauber, Karl Baedeker, George Gallup, Yves Rocher, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, and Uğur Şahin. After him are Henry J. Heinz, Andrew Grove, King C. Gillette, Joe Weider, David Icke, and Fredrik Idestam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Maxwell Perkins ranks 64. Before him are Eugène Tisserant, Drastamat Kanayan, Alexander Belyaev, Halide Edib Adıvar, Yasuji Okamura, and Félix Gouin. After him are Claude Dornier, Henri Cornet, Anna Vyrubova, Joseph Boxhall, Georg Lindemann, and Antoine Pevsner. Among people deceased in 1947, Maxwell Perkins ranks 70. Before him are Ananda Coomaraswamy, Archduchess Louise of Austria, Heinrich Schwarz, Helmuth von Pannwitz, Ludwig Fischer, and Charles Bally. After him are Wolfgang Borchert, Paul P. Harris, Arthur Machen, Władysław Raczkiewicz, Hugh Lofting, and Grace Moore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maxwell Perkins ranks 2,166 out of 18,182. Before him are Andy Kaufman (1949), E. E. Cummings (1894), Robert Sternberg (1949), Ron Paul (1935), Buddy Guy (1936), and Richard Brautigan (1935). After him are Jeff Kinney (1971), Paul P. Harris (1868), Pat Martino (1944), Kevin A. Lynch (1918), Nina Hartley (1959), and Sam Loyd (1841).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Maxwell Perkins ranks 71. Before him are Thomas J. Watson (1874), Ted Turner (1938), Jack Welch (1935), Jesse Livermore (1877), Sheldon Adelson (1933), and George Gallup (1901). After him are Henry J. Heinz (1844), King C. Gillette (1855), Chad Hurley (1977), Charlie Munger (1924), Erin Brockovich (1960), and Hetty Green (1834).

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