WRITER

R. S. Thomas

1913 - 2000

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Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000), published as R. S. Thomas, was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest noted for nationalism, spirituality and dislike of the anglicisation of Wales. John Betjeman, introducing Song at the Year's Turning (1955), the first collection of Thomas's poetry from a major publisher, predicted that Thomas would be remembered long after he himself was forgotten. M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. S. Thomas has received more than 304,119 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. R. S. Thomas is the 6,568th most popular writer (down from 5,828th in 2019), the 5,887th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,203rd in 2019) and the 676th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Words and the poet
Poetry
1964
Lotos Leaves
1875
Poems
Correspondence, Welsh Poets, Translations into Spanish
1983
The United States in Literature
memory plays, autobiographical drama, Family
Contains: ... - [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) by Nathaniel Hawthorne ... - [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863232W/Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) by Ambrose Bierce ... - [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings) by Kate Chopin ... - [The Glass Menagerie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL30293W) by Tennesse Williams
1985
The Poetry of Cats
poetry, cats, English poetry
This is a unique celebration of that most beautiful and self-possessed of creatures--the cat. More than 50 poems are included, reflecting every feline mood: the comic, the aristocratic, the lazy, the cunning, the fierce, the inscrutable. Lovers of cats and lovers of poetry will be delighted by the wide-ranging nature of the collection by poets such as T.S. Elliot, Ted Hughes, W.B. Yeats, William Wordsworth, Edward Lear and many others. One of the most attractive features of the book is the choice of pictures. A stunning selection of drawings and paintings by such artists and illustrators as Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Hogarth, Cruikshank and Lear add to the charm of the verse, making this a book to be treasured by cat lovers everywhere.
1974
Corporate financial analysis
Corporations, Finance
1983

Among WRITERS

Among writers, R. S. Thomas ranks 6,568 out of 7,302. Before him are Cressida Cowell, Michael Pollan, Irving Finkel, Ali Sardar Jafri, Mo Hayder, and Gregory S. Paul. After him are Robert Henryson, John Stossel, Judith Hermann, Phil Donahue, Annie Dillard, and Josephine Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, R. S. Thomas ranks 404. Before him are Peter Doherty, Marian Marsh, Angus Wilson, Jack Hannah, Bob Crosby, and Ali Sardar Jafri. After him are Walt Kelly, Laird Cregar, Kurt Dossin, Robert R. Gilruth, Henry Banks, and Kofi Abrefa Busia. Among people deceased in 2000, R. S. Thomas ranks 358. Before him are Veerasamy Ringadoo, Kurt Schmid, Roger Verey, Humberto Donoso, John Lindsay, and Ali Sardar Jafri. After him are Joan Marsh, A. H. Albut, Tex Beneke, Robert R. Gilruth, Frances Drake, and Gail Fisher.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, R. S. Thomas ranks 5,887 out of 8,785. Before him are Irving Finkel (1951), Glen Johnson (1984), Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), John Lloyd (1954), Mo Hayder (1962), and Bobby Lennox (1943). After him are Daley Thompson (1958), Ruth Wilson (1982), Graham Whitehead (1922), Jimmy Dickinson (1925), Peggy Cummins (1925), and Gerry Peyton (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, R. S. Thomas ranks 676. Before him are Dinah Craik (1826), Pippa Middleton (1983), William Wycherley (1640), Cressida Cowell (1966), Irving Finkel (1951), and Mo Hayder (1962). After him are Brian Stableford (1948), Grant Morrison (1960), Colley Cibber (1671), Sophie Hannah (1971), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), and Al Alvarez (1929).

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