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Robert Fisk

1946 - 2020

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Robert Fisk (12 July 1946 – 30 October 2020) was an English writer and journalist. He was critical of United States foreign policy in the Middle East, and the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians.As an international correspondent, he covered the civil wars in Lebanon, Algeria, and Syria, the Iran–Iraq conflict, the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Islamic revolution in Iran, Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, and the U.S. invasion, and occupation of Iraq. An Arabic speaker, he was among the few Western journalists to interview Osama bin Laden, which he did three times between 1993 and 1997.He began his journalistic career at the Newcastle Chronicle and then the Sunday Express. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Fisk has received more than 1,029,617 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Robert Fisk is the 3,075th most popular writer (up from 3,665th in 2019), the 2,240th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,692nd in 2019) and the 257th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

1990
The Great War for Civilisation
Colonization, History, Military, Military History
2005
In time of war
Espionage, German, Diplomatic history, Neutrality
1983
Pity the nation
Bürgerkrieg (1975-1991), History, Lebanon Civil War, 1975-
1990
The Great War for civilisation
History, Military, Military History, Politics and government
During the thirty years that award-winning journalist Robert Fisk has been reporting on the Middle East, he has covered every major event in the region, from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution, from the American hostage crisis in Beirut (as one of only two Western journalists in the city at the time) to the Iran-Iraq War, from the Russian invasion of Afghanistan to Israel’s invasions of Lebanon, from the Gulf War to the invasion and ongoing war in Iraq. Now he brings his knowledge, his firsthand experience and his intimate understanding of the Middle East to a book that addresses the full complexity of its political history and its current state of affairs. --Random House Publishing
2005
Computerized accounting
Accounting, Computer-assisted instruction, Programmed instruction
1992

Page views of Robert Fisks by language

Over the past year Robert Fisk has had the most page views in the with 101,494 views, followed by Arabic (7,286), and Spanish (4,466). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hindi (170.90%), Cantonese (130.73%), and Malagasy (95.13%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Fisk ranks 3,075 out of 7,302. Before him are Subh-i-Azal, Lois Lowry, Wang Bo, Abdulah Sidran, Arno Schmidt, and Banjo Paterson. After him are Antonio Fogazzaro, Abbās al-Aqqād, William Ernest Henley, Yulian Semyonov, Sylvain Maréchal, and Olena Teliha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Robert Fisk ranks 288. Before him are Zhang Gaoli, Juan José Omella, Rabah Saâdane, Andrew Yao, Nataša Kandić, and Jeffrey Jones. After him are Jürgen Croy, Blake Clark, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Hamengkubuwono X, Frank Marshall, and Henrique Rosa. Among people deceased in 2020, Robert Fisk ranks 225. Before him are Hugh Keays-Byrne, Robert Shavlakadze, Marian Jaworski, Ernesto Brambilla, Alex Olmedo, and Idir. After him are Annie Cordy, Hans-Jochen Vogel, Ken Robinson, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Gisèle Halimi, and Ken Shimura.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Fisk ranks 2,240 out of 8,785. Before him are George S. Robertson (1872), Phil Jones (1992), Andrew Moray (1265), Siân Phillips (1933), Luke Howard (1772), and Arthur Hughes (1832). After him are B. C. Forbes (1880), Ethel Muckelt (1885), James Harrington (1611), Mick Box (1947), William Ernest Henley (1849), and Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Fisk ranks 257. Before him are Caroline Graham (1931), Michael Jackson (1942), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Alan Sillitoe (1928), and Hamnet Shakespeare (1585). After him are William Ernest Henley (1849), Jojo Moyes (1969), Ken Robinson (1950), Robert Harris (1957), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), and Ephraim Chambers (1680).

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