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Reginald Hill

1936 - 2012

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Reginald Charles Hill FRSL (3 April 1936 – 12 January 2012) was an English crime writer and the winner in 1995 of the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reginald Hill has received more than 274,759 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Reginald Hill is the 6,136th most popular writer, the 5,080th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 572nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Reginald Hill ranks 6,136 out of 7,302. Before him are Aleksandr Volodin, Ann Cleeves, Georgi Vladimov, Alphonse Matejka, Kevin J. Anderson, and Thomas M. Disch. After him are Reki Kawahara, Liu Xia, David Halberstam, Vikram Seth, Kristina Brenk, and Patricia A. McKillip.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Reginald Hill ranks 524. Before him are Carey Bell, Herbert Boyer, Elizabeth Dole, Paula Marosi, Edward C. Stone, and Taisia Chenchik. After him are Nicolas Alfonsi, Barbara Mikulski, Roger Miller, Dave Allen, Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky, and Hans Grodotzki. Among people deceased in 2012, Reginald Hill ranks 433. Before him are Leila Denmark, Jacqueline Mazéas, Robert B. Sherman, John Connelly, Nevin Çokay, and Dirk Bach. After him are Maja Bošković-Stulli, Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, Arthur Jensen, Stephen Dunham, and Vladimir Astapovsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Reginald Hill ranks 5,080 out of 8,785. Before him are Ann Cleeves (1954), Tommy Lawton (1919), Keith Allen (1953), G. D. H. Cole (1889), W. T. Tutte (1917), and William Gemmell Cochran (1909). After him are Mark Hateley (1961), John Edwards (1953), John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), James McHenry (1753), Ran Laurie (1915), and Viv Anderson (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Reginald Hill ranks 572. Before him are Margaret Oliphant (1828), Roma Ryan (1950), Lady Charlotte Guest (1812), Darren Shan (1972), Dannie Abse (1923), and Ann Cleeves (1954). After him are Bernardine Evaristo (1959), J. G. Farrell (1935), John Addington Symonds (1840), E. W. Hornung (1866), Joyce Cary (1888), and Philip Massinger (1583).

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