WRITER

Ramsey Campbell

1946 - Today

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Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years. He is the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them winners of literary awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramsey Campbell has received more than 385,894 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ramsey Campbell is the 5,537th most popular writer (down from 5,516th in 2019), the 4,227th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,585th in 2019) and the 478th most popular British Writer.

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  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ramsey Campbell ranks 5,537 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacqueline Wilson, Tim Powers, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Louis Guilloux, Uma Aaltonen, and Rick Warren. After him are Wajdi Mouawad, Albert Engström, Kenneth Burke, Michael Grant, Meindert DeJong, and Antoni Lange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ramsey Campbell ranks 588. Before him are Julius Sang, Karen Silkwood, Daniel Carnevali, Naveen Patnaik, Ivan Rybkin, and Vladimir Martynov. After him are Elisabeth Sladen, Klaus Wolfermann, Valery Muratov, Hiroshi Ochiai, Gailard Sartain, and Marc Faber.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ramsey Campbell ranks 4,227 out of 8,785. Before him are Amira Casar (1971), Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), John Beazley (1885), Maxi Jazz (1957), Steve Strange (1959), and William of Newburgh (1130). After him are Brendan Perry (1959), David Jacobs (1888), Joe Elliott (1959), Michael Grant (1914), William Friese-Greene (1855), and David C. Jewitt (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ramsey Campbell ranks 478. Before him are Bruno Heller (1960), Thomas Nashe (1567), Steven Moffat (1961), Robert Herrick (1591), Antonia Fraser (1932), and Jacqueline Wilson (1945). After him are Michael Grant (1914), Roger Ascham (1515), Paula Yates (1959), Susanna Clarke (1959), Beryl Markham (1902), and Aubrey de Grey (1963).

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