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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, Rebecca, There Shall Be No Night, The Best Years of Our Lives and The Bishop's Wife. He received Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1936, 1939, 1941), an Academy Award for Best Screenplay (1947) and a Pulitzer Prize for Biography (1948). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert E. Sherwood has received more than 291,983 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Robert E. Sherwood is the 5,416th most popular writer (down from 4,854th in 2019), the 8,816th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,845th in 2019) and the 693rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert E. Sherwood ranks 5,416 out of 5,755. Before him are Kalliroi Parren, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Léon Frapié, Robert Sabatier, Michael Blake, and Rolf Jacobsen. After him are Winston Churchill, Marmaduke Pickthall, Samuel Benchetrit, Timur Vermes, Serhiy Zhadan, and Sony Lab'ou Tansi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Robert E. Sherwood ranks 220. Before him are Lawrence Tibbett, Virgil Thomson, Arthur Tell Schwab, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Gösta Runö, and Ella Hall. After him are Alister Hardy, Albert Ball, Howard Hanson, Vilho Niittymaa, Charles Pahud de Mortanges, and V. K. Krishna Menon. Among people deceased in 1955, Robert E. Sherwood ranks 141. Before him are Carlos Dávila, Arthur Shaw, Dimitrios Maximos, William C. deMille, David Carstens, and Rukhmabai. After him are Alice Joyce, Pentti Haanpää, John Hodiak, Matthew Henson, S. Z. Sakall, and Einar Arnórsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert E. Sherwood ranks 8,816 out of 18,182. Before him are Michael Blake (1945), Jerry Wexler (1917), Sammy Lee (1920), Tina Knowles (1954), Garrett Morris (1937), and Bill Hicks (1961). After him are Geoffrey Arend (1978), June Christy (1925), Timothy D. Snyder (1969), Noah Beery Jr. (1913), Vincent Sherman (1906), and Roxanne Hart (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert E. Sherwood ranks 693. Before him are Kevin J. Anderson (1962), Edward Abbey (1927), M. Scott Peck (1936), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), Max Eastman (1883), and Michael Blake (1945). After him are Winston Churchill (1871), Akiva Goldsman (1962), Whittaker Chambers (1901), Robin Morgan (1941), Robert B. Sherman (1925), and Kristin Hannah (1960).

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