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Richard Adams

1920 - 2016

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Richard George Adams (10 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist. He is best known for his debut novel Watership Down which achieved international acclaim. His other works included Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford, before serving in the British Army during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Adams has received more than 1,037,606 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Richard Adams is the 2,486th most popular writer (down from 2,042nd in 2019), the 1,837th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,606th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Adams ranks 2,486 out of 7,302. Before him are Eeva Kilpi, Ludovic Halévy, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Ulrich von Liechtenstein, Timotheus of Miletus, and Wilhelm Raabe. After him are Peter Shaffer, Isak Samokovlija, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Ursula Kuczynski, Yuan Mei, and Valery Larbaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Richard Adams ranks 164. Before him are Josip Manolić, Dick Francis, Marlen Haushofer, Marie Tharp, Janet Jagan, and Thomas Szasz. After him are Katsuko Saruhashi, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Barend Biesheuvel, William Conrad, Eduardo Mondlane, and Schubert Gambetta. Among people deceased in 2016, Richard Adams ranks 157. Before him are Abe Vigoda, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Götz George, Rudi Altig, Curtis Hanson, and Ferdinand Kübler. After him are Peter Shaffer, Ilse Aichinger, Bill Nunn, Artur Fischer, Frano Selak, and Jadranka Stojaković.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Adams ranks 1,837 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984), Terry Venables (1943), Margaret Douglas (1515), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), and Vanessa Bell (1879). After him are Emma Darwin (1808), Peter Shaffer (1926), Tony Sheridan (1940), Jasper Tudor (1431), Ernest Jones (1879), and John Ball (1338).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard Adams ranks 202. Before him are George Meredith (1828), Renée Vivien (1877), E. Nesbit (1858), William Beckford (1760), Dick Francis (1920), and Christopher Priest (1943). After him are Peter Shaffer (1926), Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), John Mandeville (1300), Noël Coward (1899), David Lodge (1935), and Ouida (1839).

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