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P. H. Newby

1918 - 1997

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Percy Howard Newby CBE (25 June 1918 – 6 September 1997) was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of P. H. Newby has received more than 69,421 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). P. H. Newby is the 6,023rd most popular writer (down from 5,427th in 2019), the 5,566th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,122nd in 2019) and the 625th most popular British Writer.

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  • 69k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, P. H. Newby ranks 6,023 out of 5,755Before him are Sibylle Berg, Sita Ram Goel, John Lydgate, Denis Johnson, Grant Morrison, and Mona Eltahawy. After him are Emma Donoghue, Al Jean, Aleksandar Hemon, Ronald D. Moore, Paul Attanasio, and Kofi Awoonor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, P. H. Newby ranks 289Before him are Fred Wacker, Penaia Ganilau, Fay McKenzie, Allenby Chilton, Art Cross, and Milt Schmidt. After him are Bertie Mee, Noor Hassanali, George Constantine, Wilf Mannion, Nan Grey, and Marjorie Lord. Among people deceased in 1997, P. H. Newby ranks 282Before him are Norris Bradbury, Sally Blane, Rod Milburn, Floyd Cramer, Paul Tsongas, and Polly Ann Young. After him are Chetan Anand, Gulshan Kumar, Brian Pillman, William J. Brennan Jr., Laurie Lee, and Jermaine Stewart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, P. H. Newby ranks 5,566 out of 7,765Before him are Colin McDonald (1930), Herbert Vaughan (1832), Chris Hughton (1958), Thomas Allen (1944), John Lydgate (1370), and Grant Morrison (1960). After him are Rachel Hurd-Wood (1990), Bobby Collins (1931), Beatie Edney (1962), Stuart Williams (1930), Jack O'Connell (1990), and Paula Radcliffe (1973).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, P. H. Newby ranks 625Before him are James Kelman (1946), Michael Rosen (1946), Dinah Craik (1826), Conn Iggulden (1971), John Lydgate (1370), and Grant Morrison (1960). After him are Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), David Hare (1947), Louis de Bernières (1954), Alfred Austin (1835), Thomas Shadwell (1642), and Nina Bawden (1925).