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Naomi Mitchison

1897 - 1999

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Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison (née Haldane; 1 November 1897 – 11 January 1999) was a Scottish novelist and poet. Often called a doyenne of Scottish literature, she wrote more than 90 books of historical and science fiction, travel writing and autobiography. Her husband Dick Mitchison's life peerage in 1964 entitled her to call herself Lady Mitchison, but she never did. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naomi Mitchison has received more than 221,813 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Naomi Mitchison is the 6,290th most popular writer (down from 5,918th in 2019), the 5,367th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,382nd in 2019) and the 609th most popular British Writer.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Naomi Mitchison ranks 6,290 out of 7,302. Before her are Rami Saari, P. C. Cast, Susan Glaspell, Karel Schoeman, Richard A. Knaak, and Mathias Énard. After her are Sybille Bedford, Helen Hunt Jackson, Tim O'Brien, Abby Mann, Paul Klebnikov, and Delfina Bunge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Naomi Mitchison ranks 304. Before her are Hope Emerson, Émile Albrecht, Tilly Edinger, Hermione Gingold, Edwin Graves, and Monty Banks. After her are Cecil Parker, Margaret Chase Smith, Robert Riskin, Muriel Freeman, William Gott, and Richard Russell Jr.. Among people deceased in 1999, Naomi Mitchison ranks 295. Before her are Vanessa Brown, Teodor Kocerka, Jackson C. Frank, John Cannon, Josef Doležal, and Hillary Brooke. After her are Diane Foster, Brian Moore, Elliot Richardson, Clayton Moore, Big L, and Laurie Scott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Naomi Mitchison ranks 5,367 out of 8,785. Before her are Sajid Javid (1969), Alan Mullery (1941), George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (1962), Anne Reid (1935), Mel Smith (1952), and Steve Hewitt (1971). After her are Barriemore Barlow (1949), Churchill Babington (1821), Walter Crickmer (1899), Craig David (1981), Edgar Syers (1863), and John Graves Simcoe (1752).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Naomi Mitchison ranks 609. Before her are George Farquhar (1677), Howard Jacobson (1942), Dorothy Wordsworth (1771), Caroline Norton (1808), Charlotte Smith (1749), and Polly Samson (1962). After her are Lascelles Abercrombie (1881), Caryl Churchill (1938), Joanna Baillie (1762), Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Brian Moore (1921), and Alastair Reynolds (1966).

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