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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 1,311,349 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Nancy Mitford is the 3,295th most popular writer (down from 3,262nd in 2019), the 2,436th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,445th in 2019) and the 281st most popular British Writer.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nancy Mitford ranks 3,295 out of 5,755. Before her are Salvador Espriu, Peter Cheyney, William Langland, Marcin Kromer, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, and Luciano De Crescenzo. After her are William Cowper, Gunnar Staalesen, Milán Füst, Adam of Saint Victor, William Steig, and Andrei Bitov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Nancy Mitford ranks 167. Before her are József Takács, Terence Fisher, Lippo Hertzka, Bill Brandt, Vlado Perlemuter, and Attilio Ferraris. After her are Xenophon Zolotas, Goffredo Petrassi, Edgar G. Ulmer, Berta Karlik, Lauri Virtanen, and Armando Castellazzi. Among people deceased in 1973, Nancy Mitford ranks 138. Before her are Jeannette Rankin, Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Elise Ottesen-Jensen, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Frances Marion, and István Kertész. After her are Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Aleksandr Ptushko, Mikhail Isakovsky, Ira Sprague Bowen, Adolfo Zumelzú, and Sergei Tumansky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nancy Mitford ranks 2,436 out of 7,765. Before her are Edmund Crouchback (1245), Henry Cole (1808), Peter Cheyney (1896), William Langland (1332), L. S. Lowry (1887), and Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954). After her are Ronald Neame (1911), William Cowper (1731), Ceol of Wessex (600), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), James Galway (1939), and John Machin (1680).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Nancy Mitford ranks 281. Before her are Nevil Shute (1899), Rupert Brooke (1887), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), Josephine Tey (1896), Peter Cheyney (1896), and William Langland (1332). After her are William Cowper (1731), Alexander Neckam (1157), William Hope Hodgson (1877), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), and Edith Durham (1863).

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