WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Hughes has received more than 27,329 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Hughes is the 4,972nd most popular writer (down from 4,029th in 2019), the 3,631st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,974th in 2019) and the 416th most popular British Writer.

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  • 27k

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  • 54.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Hughes ranks 4,972 out of 7,302Before him are Adolf Brand, Manuel Alegre, Frank Belknap Long, Jean Cayrol, Gavino Ledda, and Vasily Yan. After him are Jakob van Hoddis, William Dean Howells, Umihana Čuvidina, A. E. Housman, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, and Klabund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Richard Hughes ranks 230Before him are Hélène Prévost, Józef Kowalski, Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Mildred Gillars, William Stevenson, and István Fekete. After him are Marta Abba, Pierre Braine, Konrad Granström, John C. Slater, Mikel Koliqi, and Cecil Griffiths. Among people deceased in 1976, Richard Hughes ranks 190Before him are Hermann Jónasson, Carl Benjamin Boyer, Milena Rudnytska, Leopold Hofmann, Victor Varconi, and Matthias Kaburek. After him are Kosta Tomašević, John C. Slater, Martín Luis Guzmán, Zofia Stryjeńska, Paul Kossoff, and Mario Alborta.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Hughes ranks 3,631 out of 8,785Before him are Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932), Rowan Williams (1950), Kelly Macdonald (1976), Dudley Pound (1877), W. D. Ross (1877), and Frank Hadow (1855). After him are Ron Geesin (1943), A. E. Housman (1859), Gerry Anderson (1929), Eddie Colman (1936), Christopher O'Neill (1974), and Mary F. Lyon (1925).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard Hughes ranks 416Before him are Sam Houser (1972), Piers Anthony (1934), Amelia Edwards (1831), Pat Barker (1943), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), and Thomas Dekker (1572). After him are A. E. Housman (1859), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), Eleanor Farjeon (1881), Margery Kempe (1373), Margery Allingham (1904), and Michael Hirst (1952).