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Oliver La Farge

1901 - 1963

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Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge II (December 19, 1901 – August 2, 1963) was an American writer and anthropologist. In 1925 he explored early Olmec sites in Mexico, and later studied additional sites in Central America and the American Southwest. In addition to more than 15 scholarly works, mostly about Native Americans, he wrote several novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Laughing Boy (1929). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver La Farge has received more than 85,461 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Oliver La Farge is the 5,943rd most popular writer (down from 5,331st in 2019), the 11,755th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,772nd in 2019) and the 881st most popular American Writer.

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  • 85k

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  • 38.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oliver La Farge ranks 5,943 out of 5,755. Before him are Andrew Kevin Walker, Sarah Josepha Hale, Wayne C. Booth, Nadav Lapid, Naomi Mitchison, and Jáchym Topol. After him are Stanley Kunitz, Ihor Pavlyuk, Leslie Feinberg, Joel Surnow, Ogden Nash, and Richard Flanagan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Oliver La Farge ranks 313. Before him are V. Shantaram, Francisco Gamborena, Chester Morris, John C. Stennis, Al LeConey, and Donald Howard Menzel. After him are Adelaide Hall, Dunc Munro, and Stuart Symington. Among people deceased in 1963, Oliver La Farge ranks 193. Before him are Monte Blue, Edith Hamilton, Otto Fickeisen, Björn Þórðarson, Ivan Brown, and Calvin Bricker. After him are Monty Woolley, Thomas Griffith Taylor, Hooley Smith, and Otto Wahle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver La Farge ranks 11,755 out of 18,182. Before him are Marc Andreessen (1971), Melissa Hill (1970), Randy Williams (1953), Margaret Whiting (1924), Dean Malenko (1960), and Darrall Imhoff (1938). After him are Isabella Abbott (1919), Thomas Kinkade (1958), Amber Rose (1983), Olivia Cole (1942), Douglas G. Hurley (1966), and Stanley Kunitz (1905).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Oliver La Farge ranks 881. Before him are Kevin Poulsen (1965), Emma Willard (1787), Russell Simmons (1957), Andrew Kevin Walker (1964), Sarah Josepha Hale (1788), and Wayne C. Booth (1921). After him are Stanley Kunitz (1905), Leslie Feinberg (1949), Joel Surnow (1955), Ogden Nash (1902), Lionel Shriver (1957), and Jane Smiley (1949).

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