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Richard Hughes

1900 - 1976

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Richard Arthur Warren Hughes (19 April 1900 – 28 April 1976) was a British writer of poems, short stories, novels and plays. He was born in Weybridge, Surrey. His father was Arthur Hughes, a civil servant, and his mother Louisa Grace Warren who had been brought up in the West Indies in Jamaica. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Hughes has received more than 25,300 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Hughes is the 4,042nd most popular writer, the 2,982nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 339th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Hughes ranks 4,042 out of 5,755. Before him are Charles Malik, Aurora Mardiganian, Leopold Staff, Bel Kaufman, Arturo Uslar Pietri, and Joe Abercrombie. After him are Thomas Friedman, Michael Morpurgo, Ari Behn, Teffi, Anna Gavalda, and Lajos Kassák.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Richard Hughes ranks 190. Before him are Bruno Apitz, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Itzik Feffer, Jacques Moeschal, Adlai Stevenson II, and Pyotr Gavrilov. After him are César Espinoza, George Calnan, Hendrik van Gent, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Teodoro Picado Michalski, and Roland Penrose. Among people deceased in 1976, Richard Hughes ranks 150. Before him are Yashpal, Maurice Dobb, Rudi Fischer, Mariano Ospina Pérez, Giuseppe Cavanna, and Ivo Van Damme. After him are Manuel Olivares, Gina Bachauer, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Anna Hübler, Giorgio Ferrini, and Alexander Lernet-Holenia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Hughes ranks 2,982 out of 7,765. Before him are John Barnard (1946), Marie Spartali Stillman (1844), Jennifer Saunders (1958), David Frost (1939), Adrian Paul (1959), and Joe Abercrombie (1974). After him are Nicholas Grimshaw (1939), Michael Morpurgo (1943), Alec McCowen (1925), Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (1681), John Hoppner (1758), and Derek Bell (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard Hughes ranks 339. Before him are Robert Bolt (1924), David Almond (1951), Arnold Wesker (1932), Robert Holdstock (1948), Brian O'Nolan (1911), and Joe Abercrombie (1974). After him are Michael Morpurgo (1943), Quentin Crisp (1908), Thomas Nashe (1567), Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), E. L. James (1963), and Ronald Knox (1888).

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