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Robert Leckie

1920 - 2001

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Robert Hugh Leckie (December 18, 1920 – December 24, 2001) was a United States Marine and an author of books about the military history of the United States, Catholic history and culture, sports books, fiction books, autobiographies, and children's books. As a young man, he served with the 1st Marine Division during World War II; his service as a machine gunner and a scout during the war greatly influenced his work. Leckie's war memoir, Helmet for My Pillow, along with Eugene B. Sledge's book With the Old Breed, formed the basis for the HBO series The Pacific (2010), the follow-up series to Band of Brothers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Leckie has received more than 22,206 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Leckie is the 4,126th most popular writer, the 5,603rd most popular biography from United States and the 459th most popular American Writer.

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  • 22k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Leckie ranks 4,126 out of 5,755. Before him are Vera Inber, Hector Bianciotti, Fernando Vallejo, Yan Lianke, Géza Csáth, and Leigh Bardugo. After him are Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Frankétienne, Yu Dafu, Cesare Balbo, Koji Suzuki, and Hranush Arshagyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Robert Leckie ranks 258. Before him are Hilmar Baunsgaard, Clemar Bucci, Putra of Perlis, Sergio Livingstone, Richard Quine, and Rosemary Sutcliff. After him are Heleno de Freitas, I. A. L. Diamond, Franjo Mihalić, Henry Eriksson, Bruno Ruffo, and Richard N. Frye. Among people deceased in 2001, Robert Leckie ranks 184. Before him are Arturo Uslar Pietri, Martha Mödl, Jalil Zandi, Burkhard Heim, Milorad B. Protić, and Juan José Arreola. After him are Phoolan Devi, Mongo Beti, Enrique Mateos, Lewis Arquette, Eugene Sledge, and Jenő Fock.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Leckie ranks 5,603 out of 18,182. Before him are David Conrad (1967), Taraji P. Henson (1970), Richard Jaeckel (1926), Levon Helm (1940), Sarah Goodridge (1788), and Robert David Hall (1947). After him are Bob Rafelson (1933), David Dinkins (1927), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Edward Livingston (1764), Marcus Hurley (1883), and Jude Ciccolella (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Leckie ranks 459. Before him are Mary McCarthy (1912), Marilynne Robinson (1943), Cordwainer Smith (1913), Zane Grey (1872), Paul Theroux (1941), and Sara Teasdale (1884). After him are Lloyd Alexander (1924), David Crane (1957), Norman Spinrad (1940), Nicholas Pileggi (1933), John Piper (1946), and Hart Crane (1899).

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