WRITER

Nancy Mitford

1904 - 1973

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Nancy Freeman-Mitford (28 November 1904 – 30 June 1973), known as Nancy Mitford, was an English novelist, biographer, and journalist. The eldest of the Mitford sisters, she was regarded as one of the "bright young things" on the London social scene in the inter-war period. She wrote several novels about upper-class life in England and France, and is considered a sharp and often provocative wit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nancy Mitford has received more than 1,298,074 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Nancy Mitford is the 3,707th most popular writer (down from 3,283rd in 2019), the 2,638th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,430th in 2019) and the 299th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Sun King
Kings and rulers, Biography, History
1966
The blessing
Literature, Fiction
With razor-sharp wit, Mitford blends a comedy of manners with culture shock as Grace Allingham, a naive English rose, marries Charles-Edouard de Valhubert, a French aristo who doesn't believe in fidelity. Both are duped, meantime, by their son Sigismund -- the Blessing of the title -- a juvenile Machiavelli who mixes Gallic cunning with Saxon thoroughness to become one of Mitford's most memorable characters.
1951
Love in a cold climate
Fiction, Upper class, Classic Literature
1949
Madame de Pompadour
Biography, Court and courtiers, Kings and rulers
1953
Voltaire in love
Authors, French, Biography, French Authors
1957
The pursuit of love
Literature, Fiction in English, Fiction
1945

Page views of Nancy Mitfords by language

Over the past year Nancy Mitford has had the most page views in the with 159,134 views, followed by French (8,520), and Italian (8,244). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (604.35%), Basque (51.44%), and Finnish (34.81%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nancy Mitford ranks 3,707 out of 7,302. Before her are Gertrude Jekyll, Martynas Mažvydas, Maksym Rylsky, Lola Anglada, Mihailo Lalić, and Laura Mancinelli. After her are Cristina Calderón, Mustai Karim, Borisav Stanković, Nataliya Kobrynska, Al-Nabigha, and Joe Haldeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Nancy Mitford ranks 179. Before her are Vlado Perlemuter, Bogdan Kobulov, Robert Montgomery, Fats Waller, John Farrow, and Vladimir Kokkinaki. After her are Alexander Gerschenkron, Mykola Bazhan, Andrew Marton, Terence Fisher, Lauri Virtanen, and Esmat Dowlatshahi. Among people deceased in 1973, Nancy Mitford ranks 154. Before her are Gustaf Molander, Mikhail Isakovsky, John Cranko, Winthrop Rockefeller, Lev Artsimovich, and Paul Kletzki. After her are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Armas Toivonen, Louis St. Laurent, Alina Szapocznikow, Joe E. Brown, and Kid Ory.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nancy Mitford ranks 2,638 out of 8,785. Before her are Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Kelly Reilly (1977), Lesley-Anne Down (1954), Sam Allardyce (1954), George Raynor (1907), and Harry Gregson-Williams (1961). After her are A. J. P. Taylor (1906), Agnes Baden-Powell (1858), Thomas Gage (1719), Ian Wright (1963), Phil Campbell (1961), and Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Nancy Mitford ranks 299. Before her are I. A. Richards (1893), Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893), Siegfried Sassoon (1886), William Robertson Smith (1846), Diana Mosley (1910), and Gertrude Jekyll (1843). After her are Constance Lloyd (1858), Georgette Heyer (1902), Ian Rankin (1960), Rupert Brooke (1887), Nick Hornby (1957), and Mary Renault (1905).

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