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Robert Hughes

1938 - 2012

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Robert Studley Forrest Hughes AO (28 July 1938 – 6 August 2012) was an Australian-born art critic, writer, and producer of television documentaries. He was described in 1997 by Robert Boynton of The New York Times as "the most famous art critic in the world." Hughes earned widespread recognition for his book and television series on modern art, The Shock of the New, and for his longstanding position as art critic with TIME magazine. He is also known for his best seller The Fatal Shore (1986), a study of the British convict system in early Australian history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Hughes has received more than 42,674 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Robert Hughes is the 5,634th most popular writer (down from 4,634th in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 205th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Australian Writer.

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  • 43k

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  • 41.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Hughes ranks 5,634 out of 5,755. Before him are Simon Sebag Montefiore, Karel Schoeman, James Cooke Brown, John Langalibalele Dube, Christoph Ransmayr, and Sarah Moore Grimké. After him are Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Wolf, Hammond Innes, Wallace Stegner, Henrik Nordbrandt, and Pavel Antokolsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Robert Hughes ranks 478. Before him are Paul Bartel, Nikolay Smaga, Napoleon Chagnon, Jack Jones, Hayes Jones, and Dietrich Stobbe. After him are Dawn Wells, John Connelly, Giorgio Puia, Stanley Fish, William Bolcom, and Angus MacLise. Among people deceased in 2012, Robert Hughes ranks 393. Before him are Dirk Bach, Mark Midler, Leszek Drogosz, Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, J. J. C. Smart, and Vladimir Astapovsky. After him are Phyllis Thaxter, Adam Yauch, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Ronald Stretton, John Connelly, and Joel Goldsmith.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Robert Hughes ranks 293 out of 925. Before him are Harry Cobby (1894), Lionel Cox (1930), Esna Boyd (1899), Kim So-hyun (1999), Thelma Coyne Long (1918), and Hubert Wilkins (1888). After him are Joseph Lyons (1879), Frank Gambale (1958), Josip Šimunić (1978), Arthur Fadden (1894), Paul England (1929), and Robert Helpmann (1909).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Robert Hughes ranks 19. Before him are Peter Carey (1943), Greg Egan (1961), Trudi Canavan (1969), Markus Zusak (1975), Patricia Wrightson (1921), and Henry Lawson (1867). After him are Banjo Paterson (1864), Kate Morton (1976), Richard Flanagan (1961), Les Murray (1938), David Malouf (1934), and Donna Williams (1963).

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