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Olaf Stapledon

1886 - 1950

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William Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 – 6 September 1950) – known as Olaf Stapledon – was a British philosopher and author of science fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olaf Stapledon has received more than 447,588 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Olaf Stapledon is the 686th most popular philosopher (down from 665th in 2019), the 1,562nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,501st in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 450k

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  • 55.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Olaf Stapledon ranks 686 out of 1,081. Before him are William Heard Kilpatrick, Alexius Meinong, Antonio Rosmini, Alvin Plantinga, Émile Boutroux, and Jaakko Hintikka. After him are Jean-Marie Guyau, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Michael Walzer, Theophan Prokopovich, Frithjof Schuon, and Volin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Olaf Stapledon ranks 89. Before him are Manuel Ponce, Stefania Wilczyńska, Ernst Robert Curtius, Princess Patricia of Connaught, Olga Rozanova, and Rudolf Schmidt. After him are Hiroshi Ōshima, Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Ali Sami Yen, Taimur bin Feisal, Mohammed Ben Aarafa, and Hans von Obstfelder. Among people deceased in 1950, Olaf Stapledon ranks 64. Before him are Henry L. Stimson, Nikolai Voznesensky, Walter Huston, Henry H. Arnold, Yvan Goll, and Kim Kyu-sik. After him are Traian Vuia, Edwin Sutherland, Hantaro Nagaoka, Walter Eucken, Walton Walker, and Abraham Wald.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Olaf Stapledon ranks 1,562 out of 7,765. Before him are John Edensor Littlewood (1885), Ally McCoist (1962), Bertram Ramsay (1883), George Shaw (1751), Hertha Ayrton (1854), and Margaret Burbidge (1919). After him are John Smyth (1570), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), William Auld (1924), William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), John Muir (1838), and David Coulthard (1971).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Olaf Stapledon ranks 44. Before him are Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Thomas Hill Green (1836), Robert Filmer (1588), William Paley (1743), and P. F. Strawson (1919). After him are Henry More (1614), Bernard Williams (1929), Stephen Toulmin (1922), Raymond Williams (1921), Perry Anderson (1938), and Anne Conway (1631).

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