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Robertson Davies

1913 - 1995

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William Robertson Davies (28 August 1913 – 2 December 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies gladly accepted for himself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robertson Davies has received more than 487,653 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Robertson Davies is the 4,390th most popular writer (down from 3,996th in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from Canada (down from 282nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robertson Davies ranks 4,390 out of 5,755. Before him are Charlaine Harris, Amiri Baraka, Wang Guowei, Anne Bradstreet, Nuruddin Farah, and Roberto Juarroz. After him are Eduardo Pondal, Regīna Ezera, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Takeshi Shudo, Eggert Ólafsson, and Miyamoto Yuriko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Robertson Davies ranks 218. Before him are Rudolf Noack, Ċensu Tabone, Félicien Marceau, George Abecassis, Benjamin Markarian, and Zezé Procópio. After him are Johan Kraag, Ranko Marinković, Andre DeToth, Bahi Ladgham, Gangubai Hangal, and Kalpana Datta. Among people deceased in 1995, Robertson Davies ranks 197. Before him are Matti Pellonpää, Jean Tardieu, Rick Aviles, Carlo Ceresoli, Genrikh Kasparyan, and Roberto Juarroz. After him are Karl Gruber, David Wayne, Vladislav Listyev, Ralph Kronig, Vic Buckingham, and Nanni Loy.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robertson Davies ranks 318 out of 1,350. Before him are Edge (1973), Robin Sharma (1965), Geddy Lee (1953), Roberta Bondar (1945), Gordon Lightfoot (1938), and Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941). After him are Alex Trebek (1940), Barbara Ann Scott (1928), The Weeknd (1990), Nancy Huston (1953), John McCrae (1872), and Percy Williams (1908).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Robertson Davies ranks 20. Before him are Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Anne Hébert (1916), Harold Russell (1914), Steven Erikson (1959), Anne Carson (1950), and Robin Sharma (1965). After him are Nancy Huston (1953), Grant Allen (1848), Michel Tremblay (1942), Wyndham Lewis (1882), Duncan Regehr (1952), and Louise Penny (1958).

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