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Paul Johnson

1928 - 2023

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Paul Bede Johnson (2 November 1928 – 12 January 2023) was a British journalist, popular historian, speechwriter and author. Although associated with the political left in his early career, he became a popular conservative historian. Johnson was educated at the Jesuit independent school Stonyhurst College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Johnson has received more than 70,657 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Paul Johnson is the 3,239th most popular writer (up from 3,475th in 2019), the 2,348th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,574th in 2019) and the 267th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 71k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ireland
1980
Modern Times
1991
The National Trust book of British castles
Cipher and telegraph codes
1978
Heroes
2007
Modern times
1983

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Johnson ranks 3,239 out of 7,302. Before him are Arnold Bennett, Giosafat Barbaro, Kálmán Mikszáth, Mickey Spillane, Monteiro Lobato, and Simon of Kéza. After him are Kim Hyon-hui, Karl Philipp Moritz, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Frédéric Beigbeder, Francišak Bahuševič, and Jules Vallès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Paul Johnson ranks 265. Before him are William Klein, Pilar Lorengar, Maynard Ferguson, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Hubert Selby Jr., and Warren Oates. After him are Raoul Servais, Amata Kabua, Levko Lukianenko, Joan Martí i Alanis, Sven Davidson, and William Martínez. Among people deceased in 2023, Paul Johnson ranks 277. Before him are Heinrich Messner, Gennady Zhidko, Michel Deville, George Pell, Francisco J. Ayala, and Duško Gojković. After him are Raoul Servais, Terry Dischinger, Veniamin Soldatenko, Trevor Francis, John Pilger, and Deniz Baykal.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Johnson ranks 2,348 out of 8,785. Before him are Ford Madox Ford (1873), Harold Abrahams (1899), Richard Swinburne (1934), Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), Arnold Bennett (1867), and Cuthred of Wessex (750). After him are Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), Phil Taylor (1954), Frances Burney (1752), Snowy White (1948), Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), and Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham (1458).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Paul Johnson ranks 267. Before him are Robert Harris (1957), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Ephraim Chambers (1680), Hilary Mantel (1952), Ford Madox Ford (1873), and Arnold Bennett (1867). After him are Frances Burney (1752), John Brunner (1934), Peter Mayle (1939), Anna Sewell (1820), Arnold Wesker (1932), and David Crystal (1941).

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