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Paul Scott

1920 - 1978

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Paul Mark Scott (25 March 1920 – 1 March 1978) was an English novelist best known for his tetralogy The Raj Quartet. In the last years of his life, his novel Staying On won the Booker Prize (1977). The series of books was dramatised by Granada Television during the 1980s and won Scott the public and critical acclaim that he had not received during his lifetime. Born in suburban London, Scott was posted to India, Burma and Malaya during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Scott has received more than 24,989 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Paul Scott is the 6,173rd most popular writer (down from 5,747th in 2019), the 5,142nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,064th in 2019) and the 579th most popular British Writer.

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  • 25k

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  • 42.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Scott ranks 6,173 out of 7,302. Before him are Mehmed Uzun, Joyce Cary, Theodore Roethke, Éric Vuillard, Robert Creeley, and Philip Massinger. After him are Anthony Doerr, Jānis Akuraters, Michael Drayton, George Saunders, David McCullough, and Maxine Kumin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Paul Scott ranks 412. Before him are Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Jacqueline Mazéas, Keith Andrews, Julio Bolbochán, Sitara Devi, and Edy Reinalter. After him are Joyce King, Friedrich Waller, Dorothy Abbott, Duncan Hamilton, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, and Eric Brandon. Among people deceased in 1978, Paul Scott ranks 250. Before him are Robert Sobukwe, Noble Johnson, Pavel Antokolsky, Wendy Barrie, Vivian McGrath, and Pedro Bergés. After him are Albert Kivikas, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Rudolf Schoeller, James Daly, Jiří Skobla, and Larry Young.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Scott ranks 5,142 out of 8,785. Before him are Humphrey Searle (1915), Sophia Di Martino (1983), Richard A. Proctor (1837), Sonya Walger (1974), Philip Massinger (1583), and Frederick E. Morgan (1894). After him are Jimmy Gallagher (1901), Alex Stepney (1942), George Cornet (1877), Michael Drayton (1563), James Larkin (1876), and Harold Whitlock (1903).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Paul Scott ranks 579. Before him are Bernardine Evaristo (1959), J. G. Farrell (1935), John Addington Symonds (1840), E. W. Hornung (1866), Joyce Cary (1888), and Philip Massinger (1583). After him are Michael Drayton (1563), Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Alan Hollinghurst (1954), Alan Garner (1934), John Barbour (1316), and Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320).

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