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R. C. Sherriff

1896 - 1975

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Robert Cedric Sherriff, FSA, FRSL (6 June 1896 – 13 November 1975) was an English writer best known for his play Journey's End, which was based on his experiences as an army officer in the First World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. C. Sherriff has received more than 259,196 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. R. C. Sherriff is the 6,256th most popular writer, the 5,293rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 600th most popular British Writer.

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  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, R. C. Sherriff ranks 6,256 out of 7,302. Before him are Donald A. Wollheim, Mikael Niemi, Cheryl Strayed, Charles Eastman, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, and Akif Pirinçci. After him are Studs Terkel, Michael Chabon, Alex Yermolinsky, Dorothy Richardson, Aleksandar Hemon, and Philip G. Epstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, R. C. Sherriff ranks 262. Before him are Samuel Mosberg, Gösta Runö, Carl Abrahamsson, Marion Zinderstein, Ralph Bagnold, and Constance Binney. After him are Elliott Nugent, Ramón Eguiazábal, William Cameron Townsend, Yip Harburg, Art Langley, and Lilyan Tashman. Among people deceased in 1975, R. C. Sherriff ranks 254. Before him are Charles Kieffer, Franz Bistricky, Rowland V. Lee, Henry Louis Hudson, Lancelot Hogben, and Walter Schneiter. After him are George R. Price, Beatrix Loughran, William Cockburn, Raphael Tracey, Percy Lavon Julian, and Pamela Brown.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, R. C. Sherriff ranks 5,293 out of 8,785. Before him are John Le Mesurier (1912), Trevor Brooking (1948), George Russell (1998), John Curry (1949), Tom Payne (1982), and Jaime Murray (1976). After him are Alexander Hall (1880), George Peacock (1791), Ron Staniforth (1924), Darren Shahlavi (1972), Harriet Harman (1950), and Constant Lambert (1905).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, R. C. Sherriff ranks 600. Before him are Dan Abnett (1965), William Empson (1906), Barbara Pym (1913), Helen Bannerman (1862), Alfred Domett (1811), and Thomas Heywood (1574). After him are Dorothy Richardson (1873), Derek Taylor (1932), George Farquhar (1677), Howard Jacobson (1942), Dorothy Wordsworth (1771), and Caroline Norton (1808).

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