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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 356,016 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Owen Barfield is the 5,625th most popular writer (down from 4,899th in 2019), the 4,777th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,047th in 2019) and the 536th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Owen Barfield ranks 5,625 out of 5,755. Before him are John Skelton, Edward Everett Hale, John Betjeman, Sarah J. Maas, Anna Löwenstein, and Kenneth Rexroth. After him are Colum McCann, John Perry Barlow, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Karel Schoeman, James Cooke Brown, and John Langalibalele Dube.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Owen Barfield ranks 251. Before him are Harry Watson, Wiley Post, Baby Dodds, Joe Spence, Roy Harris, and Ewald Balser. After him are Loren Murchison, Molly Picon, Ludwig Bemelmans, Stephen Vincent Benét, Bedřich Šupčík, and Gracie Fields. Among people deceased in 1997, Owen Barfield ranks 259. Before him are Frank Parker, Sheldon Leonard, James Dickey, Mikhail Anikushin, LaVern Baker, and Amleto Frignani. After him are Gul Mohammed, Jimmy Witherspoon, Kåre Holt, Karen Wetterhahn, Guido Vincenzi, and Spartaco Bandinelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Owen Barfield ranks 4,777 out of 7,765. Before him are Terry Paine (1939), Anna Löwenstein (1951), Thomas Brisbane (1773), Colin Greenwood (1969), George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716), and Bart McGhee (1899). After him are Daniel Massey (1933), George Russell (1998), Ed O'Brien (1968), Simon Sebag Montefiore (1965), Andy McNab (1959), and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1983).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Owen Barfield ranks 536. Before him are Ernest Dowson (1867), John Barbour (1316), Dick King-Smith (1922), John Skelton (1460), John Betjeman (1906), and Anna Löwenstein (1951). After him are Simon Sebag Montefiore (1965), Hammond Innes (1913), George Grove (1820), Kate Mosse (1961), Alastair Reynolds (1966), and China Miéville (1972).

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