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Owen Barfield

1898 - 1997

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Arthur Owen Barfield (9 November 1898 – 14 December 1997) was an English philosopher, author, poet, critic, and member of the Inklings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Owen Barfield has received more than 351,411 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Owen Barfield is the 6,090th most popular writer (down from 5,605th in 2019), the 4,996th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,765th in 2019) and the 561st most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

History in English words
English language, Semantics, Etymology
1926
Poetic diction
Diction, English language, Literary style
1928
Romanticism comes of age
Anthroposophy
1944
Saving the appearances
Idols and images, Consciousness, Religion and science
1957
Speaker's meaning
General semantics, Philosophy
1967
What Coleridge thought
English Philosophy, Philosophy, Philosophy, English
1971

Page views of Owen Barfields by language

Over the past year Owen Barfield has had the most page views in the with 49,595 views, followed by Spanish (2,401), and German (2,173). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (186.52%), Persian (81.42%), and Egyptian Arabic (46.00%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Owen Barfield ranks 6,090 out of 7,302. Before him are Robin Morgan, Katie Couric, Miklós Haraszti, Zadie Smith, Margaret Drabble, and Coventry Patmore. After him are Peter Orlovsky, Aglaja Veteranyi, János Batsányi, Jakob Jakobsen, Sigitas Geda, and John Betjeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Owen Barfield ranks 284. Before him are Curtis Stevens, Magnus Goodman, Humberto Tomasina, Joe Spence, Hellmuth Kneser, and Irving Rapper. After him are Benno von Arent, Gertrude Lawrence, Leila Denmark, Happy Chandler, Roy Harris, and Henry Louis Hudson. Among people deceased in 1997, Owen Barfield ranks 287. Before him are Spartaco Bandinelli, Basri Dirimlili, Jean Louis, Ronald Pope, Guillermo Díaz, and Denise Levertov. After him are Sidney Darlington, Guido Vincenzi, Magda Gabor, Mikhail Anikushin, Santiago Benítez, and Shirley Clarke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Owen Barfield ranks 4,996 out of 8,785. Before him are W. H. R. Rivers (1864), Mary Peters (1939), Margaret Drabble (1939), Claude Buckenham (1876), Dorothy Shirley (1939), and Coventry Patmore (1823). After him are George Gilbert Scott (1811), Sophie Monk (1979), Ingrid Newkirk (1949), Vivien Merchant (1929), David Rose (1910), and Eddie Jobson (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Owen Barfield ranks 561. Before him are Thomas Traherne (1636), Hammond Innes (1913), Chris Claremont (1950), Zadie Smith (1975), Margaret Drabble (1939), and Coventry Patmore (1823). After him are John Betjeman (1906), Eva Crane (1912), George Grove (1820), Ian McDonald (1960), Margaret Oliphant (1828), and Roma Ryan (1950).

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