WRITER

Robert E. Sherwood

1896 - 1955

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Robert Emmet Sherwood (April 4, 1896 – November 14, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He is the author of Waterloo Bridge, Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, There Shall Be No Night, and The Best Years of Our Lives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert E. Sherwood has received more than 310,125 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Robert E. Sherwood is the 3,909th most popular writer (up from 5,397th in 2019), the 5,073rd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,798th in 2019) and the 416th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert E. Sherwood ranks 3,909 out of 7,302. Before him are Ostap Vyshnya, Raffaello Giovagnoli, Fernán Caballero, Jean Desmarets, Leopold Zunz, and Carrie Nation. After him are Ida Fink, Pierre Jean Jouve, Fernando de Herrera, Vera Inber, Jakob Abbadie, and Leonidas of Tarentum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Robert E. Sherwood ranks 159. Before him are William Cameron Menzies, Xue Yue, Philippe Étancelin, Vilho Niittymaa, Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, and George Burns. After him are Friedrich Waismann, Ulises Saucedo, Joan Lindsay, Sao Shwe Thaik, Lilia Skala, and Murray Leinster. Among people deceased in 1955, Robert E. Sherwood ranks 106. Before him are Louis Leon Thurstone, Karl Hofer, Guy Ropartz, Emmanuel de Martonne, Jenő Fuchs, and Jonni Myyrä. After him are Theodor Plievier, Saadat Hasan Manto, Willi Baumeister, Manny Ayulo, Honus Wagner, and Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert E. Sherwood ranks 5,073 out of 20,380. Before him are Verne Troyer (1969), Daniel Webster (1782), Rebecca Romijn (1972), Henry Darrow (1933), Carrie Nation (1846), and Richmond K. Turner (1885). After him are Vance D. Brand (1931), Tim Blake Nelson (1964), James B. Conant (1893), Kevin Schwantz (1964), Stephen Breyer (1938), and Edgar Leonard (1881).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert E. Sherwood ranks 416. Before him are Herman Wouk (1915), Margaret Weis (1948), Francis Davis Millet (1848), Lydia Davis (1947), Michael Blake (1945), and Carrie Nation (1846). After him are Katherine Anne Porter (1890), Elmer Rice (1892), Elizabeth Strout (1956), James Thurber (1894), John Norman (1931), and Susanna Kaysen (1948).

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