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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

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Richard Hoggart is the 5,886th most popular writer (down from 5,437th in 2024), the 4,896th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,133rd in 2019) and the 534th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Richard Hoggart ranks 5,886 out of 7,302. Before him are Alberto Bevilacqua, Susanna Clarke, Ewa Lipska, Frederick Rolfe, Dragutin Tadijanović, and Steve Sem-Sandberg. After him are Algis Budrys, Yakov Polonsky, Helen Hunt Jackson, Julie Garwood, Alfredo Bryce, and Roshanara Begum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Richard Hoggart ranks 281. Before him are Rafael Iriondo, Spike Milligan, Sebastian Cabot, André Bjerke, Duncan White, and Barney Ewell. After him are Mariano Mores, Norman Granz, Aleksandr Ponomarev, Fedor Samokhin, Alberto Héber Usher, and Alan Jay Lerner. Among people deceased in 2014, Richard Hoggart ranks 446. Before him are John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, Constantin Alexandru, Ian McLagan, Gundi Busch, Kenny Wheeler, and Gyula Sax. After him are John Dobson, Aulis Rytkönen, Jacques Friedel, Antonio Rada, Tivadar Monostori, and Steven R. Nagel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Hoggart ranks 4,897 out of 8,785. Before him are Susanna Clarke (1959), Spencer Davis (1939), Mary Midgley (1919), Frederick Rolfe (1860), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), and Robert Newton (1905). After him are Alice Eve (1982), Stephen Moyer (1969), Stuart Baxter (1953), John Pendry (1943), Curtis Jones (2001), and Fred Davis (1913).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard Hoggart ranks 534. Before him are James Hogg (1770), Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), Charles Wilkins (1749), David Seidler (1937), Susanna Clarke (1959), and Frederick Rolfe (1860). After him are Paula Yates (1959), Olivia Manning (1908), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), David Storey (1933), Sarah Waters (1966), and Michael Drayton (1563).

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