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Robert Ettinger

1918 - 2011

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Robert Chester Wilson Ettinger (December 4, 1918 – July 23, 2011) was an American academic, known as "the father of cryonics" because of the impact of his 1962 book The Prospect of Immortality. Ettinger founded the Cryonics Institute and the related Immortalist Society and until 2003 served as the groups' president. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Ettinger has received more than 152,609 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Ettinger is the 4,751st most popular writer (down from 3,416th in 2019), the 6,477th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,502nd in 2019) and the 522nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

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  • 48.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Waltons
1989

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Ettinger ranks 4,751 out of 7,302. Before him are Val McDermid, Joseph Meyer, Jacqueline Susann, C. A. Rosetti, Juan de la Cueva, and James Salter. After him are Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Nigâr Hanım, Louise Otto-Peters, Lucius Shepard, and Edward James.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Robert Ettinger ranks 212. Before him are Zara Dolukhanova, Gunder Hägg, Martin Lundström, Anne Shirley, Robert Preston, and Jacqueline Susann. After him are Vicente de la Mata, Joey Bishop, Josef Bradl, Franjo Wölfl, Mary Anderson, and Willy den Ouden. Among people deceased in 2011, Robert Ettinger ranks 298. Before him are Ferenc Szojka, Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Michael Sarrazin, Bert Jansch, Mark Blaug, and Stig Sundqvist. After him are John Shalikashvili, Aleksandar Petaković, Finn Helgesen, Vittorio De Seta, Andrej Bajuk, and Mario Echandi Jiménez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Ettinger ranks 6,477 out of 20,380. Before him are George Newbold Lawrence (1806), Charles Jewtraw (1900), Buddy Ebsen (1908), Milton S. Hershey (1857), Gilda Radner (1946), and James Salter (1925). After him are Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Mike Kelley (1954), Bill Frisell (1951), Abigail Fillmore (1798), Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886), and Gayle Rubin (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Ettinger ranks 522. Before him are Cordwainer Smith (1913), Rod Serling (1924), Damon Knight (1922), Aaron Sorkin (1961), Jacqueline Susann (1918), and James Salter (1925). After him are Sue Grafton (1940), R. J. Palacio (1963), Susan Brownmiller (1935), Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942), John D. MacDonald (1916), and James Lee Burke (1936).

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