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Robert Graves

1895 - 1985

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Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology. Robert Graves produced more than 140 works in his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Graves has received more than 1,894,338 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Robert Graves is the 1,059th most popular writer (down from 937th in 2019), the 842nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 727th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular British Writer.

Robert Graves is most famous for his book, "I, Claudius." The book was published in 1934 and is a fictional account of the life of Claudius, the Roman Emperor from AD 41 to 54.

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  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

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  • 4.69

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Graves ranks 1,059 out of 5,755Before him are Alfred Brehm, Adalbert Stifter, Velimir Khlebnikov, Erskine Caldwell, Joan Didion, and Guido Cavalcanti. After him are Leonid Andreyev, Adalberon, Irwin Shaw, Branislav Nušić, Cormac McCarthy, and Kazi Nazrul Islam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Robert Graves ranks 68Before him are Richard Barthelmess, Friedrich Jeckeln, Vinoba Bhave, Kurt Zeitzler, André Frédéric Cournand, and Lewis Milestone. After him are Marcel Pagnol, Wilhelm Gustloff, B. H. Liddell Hart, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Lin Yutang, and Walter Dornberger. Among people deceased in 1985, Robert Graves ranks 30Before him are Margaret Mahler, Emil Gilels, Paul Flory, Elsa Morante, Rodney Robert Porter, and James Hadley Chase. After him are George Pólya, Kyu Sakamoto, Donald O. Hebb, Macfarlane Burnet, The Singing Nun, and Tage Erlander.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Graves ranks 842 out of 7,765Before him are Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), John Hanning Speke (1827), William Webb Ellis (1806), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Owen Tudor (1400), and Peter Finch (1916). After him are Richard Hamilton (1922), Anthony James Leggett (1938), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), John Cale (1942), John Cockcroft (1897), and Damon Hill (1960).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Graves ranks 102Before him are John William Polidori (1795), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), James Hadley Chase (1906), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), and Edmund Spenser (1552). After him are W. H. Auden (1907), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Patrick White (1912), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Thomas Chatterton (1752), and Elizabeth Gaskell (1810).