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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 43,774 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Robert Hughes is the 6,234th most popular writer (down from 5,614th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Australia (down from 293rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Australian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 44k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Personal Finance
Finance, Personal, Personal Finance, Finance
1988
The fatal shore
History, Nonfiction, Travel
An extraordinary vivid yet authentic account of the birthpangs of a nation. A work of real distinction' Philip ZieglerIn 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British Government sent a fleet to colonize Australia-An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia. The Fatal Shore is the prize-winning, scholarly, brilliantly entertaining narrative that has given its true history to Australia.
1987
American visions
American Art, American National characteristics, Art, American
1997
Leadership
Leadership, Management, Leiderschap
1993
Lines, waves, and antennas
Electric networks, Electric lines, Wave guides
1961

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Hughes ranks 6,234 out of 7,302. Before him are Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Reiko Yoshida, Satya Vrat Shastri, Dragojla Jarnević, Tristan Taormino, and Michael Arlen. After him are Linda Maria Baros, Gyrðir Elíasson, Thomas Hughes, Ronald Firbank, Dan Abnett, and William Empson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Robert Hughes ranks 551. Before him are Terry Wogan, Dawn Wells, Peter Jennings, Sultan Rahi, Salvatore Morale, and Achim Müller. After him are Nikolai Manoshin, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Jack Jones, Neil Abercrombie, Mary Jo Catlett, and Johnny Tillotson. Among people deceased in 2012, Robert Hughes ranks 441. Before him are Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, Arthur Jensen, Stephen Dunham, Vladimir Astapovsky, and Manuel Preciado Rebolledo. After him are Elyse Knox, Colin Davis, Elizabeth Catlett, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Phyllis Thaxter, and Josef Kloimstein.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Robert Hughes ranks 359 out of 1,143. Before him are Barry Otto (1941), Edward Duyker (1955), Edward Clancy (1923), Paul Hawkins (1937), Brenton Thwaites (1989), and Tony Gaze (1920). After him are Warwick Brown (1949), Essie Davis (1970), Joan Hartigan (1912), Harold Hardwick (1888), Indiana Evans (1990), and Damon Herriman (1970).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Robert Hughes ranks 23. Before him are Trudi Canavan (1969), Joseph Jacobs (1854), Patricia Wrightson (1921), Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920), Markus Zusak (1975), and Henry Lawson (1867). After him are Kate Morton (1976), David Malouf (1934), DBC Pierre (1961), Mary Augusta Ward (1851), Les Murray (1938), and Liane Moriarty (1966).

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