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Rosamunde Pilcher

1924 - 2019

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Rosamunde Pilcher, OBE (née Scott; 22 September 1924 – 6 February 2019) was a British novelist, best known for her sweeping novels set in Cornwall. Her books have sold over 60 million copies worldwide. Early in her career she was published under the pen name Jane Fraser. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosamunde Pilcher has received more than 748,501 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Rosamunde Pilcher is the 1,082nd most popular writer (down from 1,015th in 2019), the 864th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 788th in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Writer.

Rosamunde Pilcher is most famous for her novels that are set in the Scottish Highlands.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 1,082 out of 5,755. Before her are Sergey Mikhalkov, Heinrich Kramer, Nikolay Nekrasov, August Kubizek, Roberto Bolaño, and Nora Roberts. After her are Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Patrick White, Vidyapati, Joost van den Vondel, and Radegund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 58. Before her are Georges Prêtre, Giovanni Sartori, Bulat Okudzhava, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Eduardo Chillida, and Roberto Eduardo Viola. After her are Hermann Buhl, Roberts Blossom, Roza Shanina, Ephraim Kishon, Antony Hewish, and Michel Tournier. Among people deceased in 2019, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 57. Before her are Lee Iacocca, Sydney Brenner, César Pelli, Ágnes Heller, Matti Nykänen, and Alicia Alonso. After her are Sigmund Jähn, Max Wright, Michael Atiyah, Prem Tinsulanonda, Michel Serres, and Zhores Alferov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 864 out of 7,765. Before her are John Hawkins (1532), Kevin Keegan (1951), Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), Duncan I of Scotland (1001), Bernard Hill (1944), and Charles George Gordon (1833). After her are Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Bernard Lee (1908), Gladwyn Jebb (1900), Patrick White (1912), Graham Chapman (1941), and Allan Pinkerton (1819).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 104. Before her are Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), James Hadley Chase (1906), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Edmund Spenser (1552), Robert Graves (1895), and W. H. Auden (1907). After her are Patrick White (1912), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Thomas Chatterton (1752), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Lobsang Rampa (1910), and Dylan Thomas (1914).

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