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Robinson Jeffers

1887 - 1962

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John Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887 – January 20, 1962) was an American poet known for his work about the central California coast. Much of Jeffers' poetry was written in narrative and epic form. However, he is also known for his shorter verse and is considered an icon of the environmental movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robinson Jeffers has received more than 399,009 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Robinson Jeffers is the 5,223rd most popular writer (down from 4,829th in 2019), the 8,120th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,745th in 2019) and the 649th most popular American Writer.

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  • 400k

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  • 44.15

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robinson Jeffers ranks 5,223 out of 5,755Before him are Val McDermid, Michael Shermer, Elvira Lindo, Olive Schreiner, Carl Amery, and Jonathan Safran Foer. After him are Luiza Pesjak, Zoltán Ambrus, Diana Der Hovanessian, Earl Derr Biggers, William Michael Rossetti, and Gurdial Singh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Robinson Jeffers ranks 225Before him are Jerónimo Méndez, Juan Manuel Gálvez, Giuseppe Domenichelli, Emilio Lunghi, Albert Paris Gütersloh, and Patrick O'Connell. After him are Benjamin Glazer, Martín Luis Guzmán, Carlos Dávila, Jorge de Paiva, Armen Ohanian, and Harold Lockwood. Among people deceased in 1962, Robinson Jeffers ranks 163Before him are Jorma Valkama, Roque González Garza, Harmodio Arias Madrid, Snub Pollard, Georgina de Albuquerque, and Jean Amrouche. After him are Karen Lachmann, Axel Nordlander, Frank Hurley, Ron Flockhart, Benny Paret, and William Clothier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robinson Jeffers ranks 8,120 out of 18,182Before him are Michael Badalucco (1954), Horace Grant (1965), Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Joe Bonamassa (1977), William Ellery Channing (1780), and Tyler Posey (1991). After him are Lisa Fischer (1958), Charles Foster (1828), Estelle Reiner (1914), David Miller (1973), Millie Hughes-Fulford (1945), and Elizabeth Gutiérrez (1979).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robinson Jeffers ranks 649Before him are Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Tim LaHaye (1926), Amy Tan (1952), Peter Orlovsky (1933), Michael Shermer (1954), and Jonathan Safran Foer (1977). After him are Diana Der Hovanessian (1934), Earl Derr Biggers (1884), Barbara Ehrenreich (1941), Paddy Chayefsky (1923), Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), and Rebecca Solnit (1961).