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Richard Hoggart

1918 - 2014

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Herbert Richard Hoggart (24 September 1918 – 10 April 2014) was an English academic whose career covered the fields of sociology, English literature and cultural studies, with emphasis on British popular culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Hoggart has received more than 253,275 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Hoggart is the 5,437th most popular writer (down from 4,405th in 2019), the 4,133rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,278th in 2019) and the 464th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Rural Europe
Europe, social conditions
1995
W.H. Auden
Criticism and interpretation
1957
The uses of literacy
Mass media, great britain, Public opinion, great britain, Working class, great britain
1957
Speaking to each other
1970
The uses of literacy
Civilization, History, Intellectual life
1957
An idea of Europe
Civilization
1987

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Hoggart ranks 5,437 out of 7,302. Before him are Bill O'Reilly, Madeline Miller, Dan Houser, Tomás António Gonzaga, Isabel Briggs Myers, and Joseph Jacobs. After him are Jan Lechoń, Christopher Paolini, Scott O'Dell, Ádám Bodor, Aquilino Ribeiro, and Milan Rúfus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Richard Hoggart ranks 245. Before him are Spike Milligan, Marcelo González Martín, Edward Craven Walker, Jorge Illueca, Giovanni Cheli, and Max de Terra. After him are Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Jopie Selbach, Sebastian Cabot, Johnnie Parsons, René de Obaldia, and Nils Östensson. Among people deceased in 2014, Richard Hoggart ranks 384. Before him are Acker Bilk, Elaine Stritch, Piero D'Inzeo, Çolpan İlhan, Rudolph Rummel, and Jan Werner. After him are Barbro Kollberg, Ivica Brzić, Andriy Bal, Carla Laemmle, Theodore Van Kirk, and David Malet Armstrong.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Hoggart ranks 4,133 out of 8,785. Before him are John Clare (1793), Clarence Kingsbury (1882), Dan Houser (1974), Richard Price (1723), Anne McLaren (1927), and Daniel Oliver (1830). After him are Alan Napier (1903), Herbert Lawford (1851), Eanflæd (626), Kate Atkinson (1951), Catharine Macaulay (1731), and Lily James (1989).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard Hoggart ranks 464. Before him are Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Olivia Manning (1908), Mary Sidney (1561), John Clare (1793), and Dan Houser (1974). After him are Kate Atkinson (1951), William Muir (1819), Roger Hargreaves (1935), John Marston (1576), Emilia Lanier (1569), and Elizabeth Montagu (1718).

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