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Roderick Thorp

1936 - 1999

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Roderick Mayne Thorp Jr. (September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999) was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedural/crime novels. His novel The Detective was adapted into a film of the same name in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roderick Thorp has received more than 295,541 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Roderick Thorp is the 5,370th most popular writer, the 7,890th most popular biography from United States and the 614th most popular American Writer.

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  • 300k

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  • 46.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roderick Thorp ranks 5,370 out of 7,302. Before him are Majgull Axelsson, Leonard Howell, Paula Hawkins, Angélica Gorodischer, Aneirin, and Jean Prévost. After him are Ndre Mjeda, Alfredo Bryce, Carme Riera, Johan Henric Kellgren, Clorinda Matto de Turner, and Trudi Canavan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Roderick Thorp ranks 422. Before him are Mary Millar, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Renato Corti, Michel Rousseau, Vladimir Bagirov, and Richard Rodney Bennett. After him are Margot Eskens, Fleur Mellor, Çolpan İlhan, Lane Smith, Paulo Emilio, and Edmond Keosayan. Among people deceased in 1999, Roderick Thorp ranks 228. Before him are Georges Miez, Robert Kramer, Raúl Silva Henríquez, Christopher Cockerell, István Nagy, and Muhammetnazar Gapurow. After him are Dana Plato, Lloyd La Beach, Ashley Montagu, János Parti, Hank Snow, and Roberto Bussinello.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roderick Thorp ranks 7,890 out of 20,380. Before him are Boots Randolph (1927), Michael Tilson Thomas (1944), Henry Charles Carey (1793), Michael Franks (1944), Donald Johnston (1899), and Jean Carnahan (1933). After him are Art Larsen (1925), Riley Steele (1987), Bebe Neuwirth (1958), Skip James (1902), Douglas McIlroy (1932), and Stith Thompson (1885).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Roderick Thorp ranks 614. Before him are Julie Garwood (1946), David S. Goyer (1965), Tom Peters (1942), Jane Bowles (1917), John Gardner (1933), and Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908). After him are Ring Lardner (1885), Elizabeth Hawley (1923), Kristin Hannah (1960), Fred Saberhagen (1930), Paddy Chayefsky (1923), and Nancy Kress (1948).

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