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Michael Pollan

1955 - Today

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Michael Kevin Pollan (; born February 6, 1955) is an American journalist who is a professor and the first Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer at Harvard University. Concurrently, he is the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism and the director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism where in 2020 he cofounded the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, in which he leads the public-education program. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Pollan has received more than 2,988,081 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Pollan is the 6,563rd most popular writer, the 12,703rd most popular biography from United States and the 923rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A Place of My Own
Popular works, Huts, Space and time
1997

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Pollan ranks 6,563 out of 7,302. Before him are Ronald D. Moore, Woeser, Joan Carreras i Goicoechea, William Wycherley, Stanley Kunitz, and Cressida Cowell. After him are Irving Finkel, Ali Sardar Jafri, Mo Hayder, Gregory S. Paul, R. S. Thomas, and Robert Henryson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Michael Pollan ranks 590. Before him are Stephen Robinson, Ruben Buriani, Carlene Carter, Peter Müller, Anthony Dod Mantle, and Enith Brigitha. After him are Pat Mastelotto, Janina Ochojska, Steve Earle, Newton Thomas Sigel, Gilles Brassard, and Momir Rnić.

Others Born in 1955

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Pollan ranks 12,703 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Lerner (1938), Esther M. Conwell (1922), Hailey Baldwin (1996), Donald Faison (1974), Kyle Richards (1969), and Celeste Yarnall (1944). After him are Tommy Tuberville (1954), Paul Westphal (1950), Ray LaHood (1945), Henry Schoolcraft (1793), Alex Karras (1935), and Craig Mazin (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Michael Pollan ranks 923. Before him are Greg Daniels (1963), Lisa Brennan-Jobs (1978), N. K. Jemisin (1972), John Burroughs (1837), Ronald D. Moore (1964), and Stanley Kunitz (1905). After him are Gregory S. Paul (1954), John Stossel (1947), Phil Donahue (1935), Annie Dillard (1945), Josephine Johnson (1910), and Terence Winter (1960).

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