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Olaf Stapledon

1886 - 1950

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William Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 – 6 September 1950) 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 486,987 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Olaf Stapledon is the 702nd most popular philosopher (down from 686th in 2019), the 1,538th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,557th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 56.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Olaf Stapledon ranks 702 out of 1,267. Before him are Chandrakirti, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Onesicritus, Ludwig Klages, Pantaenus, and Numenius of Apamea. After him are Crantor, Anne Conway, Eknath, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, Joseph Albo, and Julien Benda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Olaf Stapledon ranks 89. Before him are Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Manuel Ponce, Sholem Schwarzbard, Edwin Fischer, Hiroshi Ōshima, and Shūmei Ōkawa. After him are Edward Weston, Florence Lawrence, Frank Nitti, Anandyn Amar, Marthe Bibesco, and Rudolf Schmidt. Among people deceased in 1950, Olaf Stapledon ranks 62. Before him are Alma Karlin, Agnes Smedley, Kim Kyu-sik, Henry H. Arnold, Walter Huston, and Abraham Wald. After him are Hantaro Nagaoka, John C. Woods, Walter Eucken, Yvan Goll, Traian Vuia, and Nikolai Voznesensky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Olaf Stapledon ranks 1,538 out of 8,785. Before him are Beorhtric of Wessex (800), Christopher Isherwood (1904), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Robert Maynard (1684), Greg Lake (1947), and Fraser Stoddart (1942). After him are Ian Kershaw (1943), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Anne Conway (1631), Jack W. Szostak (1952), Karen Armstrong (1944), and William Walton (1902).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Olaf Stapledon ranks 39. Before him are Alan Watts (1915), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Thomas Reid (1710), R. G. Collingwood (1889), Alexander of Hales (1175), and David Hartley (1705). After him are Anne Conway (1631), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), Thomas Hill Green (1836), Robert Filmer (1588), and Philippa Foot (1920).

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