PHILOSOPHER

Raymond Williams

1921 - 1988

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Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) was a Welsh socialist writer, academic, novelist and critic influential within the New Left and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the media and literature contributed to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts. Some 750,000 copies of his books were sold in UK editions alone, and there are many translations available. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Williams has received more than 802,457 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Raymond Williams is the 781st most popular philosopher (down from 779th in 2019), the 1,779th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,834th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Raymond Williams by language

Over the past year Raymond Williams has had the most page views in the with 91,206 views, followed by Spanish (13,359), and Portuguese (5,811). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Danish (113.81%), Finnish (91.56%), and Estonian (65.59%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Raymond Williams ranks 781 out of 1,267. Before him are Friedrich Pollock, Jean-Luc Marion, Hans Robert Jauss, Charles Renouvier, Philip of Opus, and Henry More. After him are Stephen Toulmin, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Peter John Olivi, Albinus, and Mortimer J. Adler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Raymond Williams ranks 153. Before him are Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Hans Robert Jauss, Ezzard Charles, Georges Wilson, Abe Vigoda, and Esther Williams. After him are Amedeo Amadei, Jackie Stallone, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Lionel Terray, and Jair da Rosa Pinto. Among people deceased in 1988, Raymond Williams ranks 82. Before him are Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Abdulrahman Fawzi, Giacinto Scelsi, Gil Evans, Françoise Dolto, and Antal Doráti. After him are Alec Issigonis, Henry Koster, Divine, Anne Ramsey, Cyril Jackson, and Hillel Slovak.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Raymond Williams ranks 1,779 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Di'Anno (1958), Reginald Lee (1870), Keith Flint (1969), William Sealy Gosset (1876), Fred West (1941), and Henry More (1614). After him are William Buckland (1784), David Roberts (1796), Stephen Toulmin (1922), William Jones (1675), Derek Jarman (1942), and Shakin' Stevens (1948).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Raymond Williams ranks 48. Before him are Richard of Saint Victor (1110), Thomas Hill Green (1836), Robert Filmer (1588), Philippa Foot (1920), P. F. Strawson (1919), and Henry More (1614). After him are Stephen Toulmin (1922), Frederick Copleston (1907), F. H. Bradley (1846), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Michael Dummett (1925), and Perry Anderson (1938).

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