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Peter Dickinson

1927 - 2015

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Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL (16 December 1927 – 16 December 2015) was an English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories. Dickinson won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for both Tulku (1979) and City of Gold (1980), each being recognised as the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Dickinson has received more than 177,454 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Dickinson is the 4,142nd most popular writer, the 10th most popular biography from Zambia and the 2nd most popular Zambian Writer.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Dickinson ranks 4,142 out of 7,302. Before him are Dominique Fernandez, Kathy Acker, Klaus Rifbjerg, Aleksey Koltsov, Mirza Khazar, and Detlev von Liliencron. After him are René Wellek, Johann von Rist, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Pierre Michon, Davit Guramishvili, and Susanna Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Peter Dickinson ranks 256. Before him are Piero Tosi, William Daniels, Dezső Gyarmati, John Warner, Roy Cohn, and Susan Cabot. After him are Mathé Altéry, Martin Špegelj, László Paskai, Cesar Chavez, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, and Joan Feynman. Among people deceased in 2015, Peter Dickinson ranks 247. Before him are Geoffrey Howe, Robert Chartoff, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Jackie Collins, Angelo Anquilletti, and Klaus Rifbjerg. After him are Giacomo Biffi, Vlastimil Bubník, Phil Woods, Yogi Berra, László Paskai, and Bülent Ulusu.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Peter Dickinson ranks 10 out of 41. Before him are Stanley Fischer (1943), Frederick Chiluba (1943), Michael Sata (1937), Levy Mwanawasa (1948), Edgar Lungu (1956), and Kalusha Bwalya (1963). After him are Hakainde Hichilema (1962), Denise Scott Brown (1931), Guy Scott (1944), Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (1931), Robert John "Mutt" Lange (1948), and Samuel Matete (1968).

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Among WRITERS In Zambia

Among writers born in Zambia, Peter Dickinson ranks 2. Before him are Wilbur Smith (1933). After him are Alan Rusbridger (1953).

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