WRITER

Mervyn Peake

1911 - 1968

Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books. The four works were part of what Peake conceived as a lengthy cycle, the completion of which was prevented by his death. They are sometimes compared to the work of his older contemporary J. R. R. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mervyn Peake has received more than 707,062 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Mervyn Peake is the 4,443rd most popular writer (down from 4,242nd in 2019), the 869th most popular biography from China (down from 805th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Chinese Writer.

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710k
Page Views (PV)
56.07
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
23
Languages Editions (L)
2.91
Effective Languages (L*)
3.48
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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mervyn Peake ranks 4,443 out of 7,302. Before him are Jakob Balde, Sophie Kinsella, Jafar Jabbarly, Johann David Wyss, Pierre Emmanuel, and Louis Paul Boon. After him are Hans Henny Jahnn, Alain de Botton, Rosemary Sutcliff, Quentin Crisp, Arthur Ransome, and Olaf Bull.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Jakob Balde
1604 - 1668
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 4,437
Sophie Kinsella
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 4,438
Jafar Jabbarly
1899 - 1934
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 4,439
Johann David Wyss
1743 - 1818
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 4,440
Pierre Emmanuel
1916 - 1984
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 4,441
Louis Paul Boon
1912 - 1979
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 4,442
Mervyn Peake
1911 - 1968
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 4,443
Hans Henny Jahnn
1894 - 1959
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 4,444
Alain de Botton
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 4,445
Rosemary Sutcliff
1920 - 1992
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 4,446
Quentin Crisp
1908 - 1999
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 4,447
Arthur Ransome
1884 - 1967
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 4,448
Olaf Bull
1883 - 1933
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 4,449

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Mervyn Peake ranks 227. Before him are Ellen Corby, Consalvo Sanesi, Luís Mesquita de Oliveira, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Martim Mércio da Silveira, and Aly Khan. After him are Romeu Pellicciari, Brigitte Horney, Mario Perazzolo, István Bibó, Grote Reber, and Gerhard Stöck. Among people deceased in 1968, Mervyn Peake ranks 158. Before him are Dorothy Garrod, Edna Ferber, Eben Dönges, Ruth St. Denis, Harry Stenqvist, and Jess Willard. After him are Norman Brookes, Enoch L. Johnson, Dorothy Gish, Antonio Pietrangeli, Mike Spence, and Marion Lorne.

Others Born in 1911

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Ellen Corby
ACTOR
1911 - 1999
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 221
Consalvo Sanesi
RACING DRIVER
1911 - 1998
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 222
Luís Mesquita de Oliveira
SOCCER PLAYER
1911 - 1983
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 223
Nikolai Kryuchkov
ACTOR
1911 - 1994
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 224
Martim Mércio da Silveira
SOCCER PLAYER
1911 - 1972
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 225
Aly Khan
NOBLEMAN
1911 - 1960
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 226
Mervyn Peake
WRITER
1911 - 1968
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 227
Romeu Pellicciari
SOCCER PLAYER
1911 - 1971
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 228
Brigitte Horney
ACTOR
1911 - 1988
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 229
Mario Perazzolo
SOCCER PLAYER
1911 - 2001
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 230
István Bibó
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1979
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 231
Grote Reber
PHYSICIST
1911 - 2002
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 232
Gerhard Stöck
ATHLETE
1911 - 1985
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 233