WRITER

Robert Bolt

1924 - 1995

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Robert Oxton Bolt (15 August 1924 – 20 February 1995) was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and A Man for All Seasons, the latter two of which won him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Bolt has received more than 507,383 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Robert Bolt is the 4,796th most popular writer (down from 3,982nd in 2019), the 3,492nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,939th in 2019) and the 395th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Doctor Zhivago
1965
The thwarting of Baron Bolligrew
1966
The tiger and the horse
1961
Vivat! vivat Regina!
Drama, English Plays, English drama
1971
A Man for All Seasons
English drama, DRAMA, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
1960

Page views of Robert Bolts by language

Over the past year Robert Bolt has had the most page views in the with 62,977 views, followed by Spanish (4,374), and German (3,635). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (129.76%), Serbo-Croatian (107.95%), and Egyptian Arabic (43.88%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Bolt ranks 4,796 out of 7,302. Before him are Betje Wolff, Ruth Maier, Hannah More, Myriam Harry, Ki no Tomonori, and Gabriello Chiabrera. After him are Augusta, Lady Gregory, Zhang Jie, William Martin Leake, James Lee Burke, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, and Raymond Abellio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Robert Bolt ranks 331. Before him are Peter Scholl-Latour, Zahrad, Norbert Schemansky, David Landes, Shirley Chisholm, and Phyllis Schlafly. After him are Lia van Leer, Gunnar Johansson, César Lattes, Boris Vasilyev, Carlos Humberto Romero, and Lucy Salani. Among people deceased in 1995, Robert Bolt ranks 221. Before him are Boris Ponomarev, Frank Silva, Jean Tardieu, Ralph Kronig, Carlos Lapetra, and Nicolas Slonimsky. After him are Emmanuel Roblès, René Bader, Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, Big John Studd, Bruno Junk, and Carlo Pavesi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Bolt ranks 3,492 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederick Guthrie (1833), Jon Hiseman (1944), Hannah More (1745), Jenny Agutter (1952), Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858), and Brian Redman (1937). After him are Adrienne Corri (1931), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), William Martin Leake (1777), Suze Randall (1946), Pat Roach (1937), and John Henry Davies (1864).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Bolt ranks 395. Before him are Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), E. L. James (1963), Val McDermid (1955), Edward James (1907), Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), and Hannah More (1745). After him are William Martin Leake (1777), Nicholas Evans (1950), John Lyly (1554), W. W. Jacobs (1863), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), and Norman Smith (1923).

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