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Rosemary Sutcliff

1920 - 1992

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Rosemary Sutcliff (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends. Although she was primarily a children's author, some of her novels were specifically written for adults. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosemary Sutcliff has received more than 380,075 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Rosemary Sutcliff is the 4,446th most popular writer (down from 4,106th in 2019), the 3,172nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,019th in 2019) and the 359th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rosemary Sutcliff ranks 4,446 out of 7,302. Before her are Johann David Wyss, Pierre Emmanuel, Louis Paul Boon, Mervyn Peake, Hans Henny Jahnn, and Alain de Botton. After her are Quentin Crisp, Arthur Ransome, Olaf Bull, Sāyaṇa, Ariel Dorfman, and Gudrun Pausewang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Rosemary Sutcliff ranks 282. Before her are Benoîte Groult, Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, Bruno Ruffo, Chushiro Hayashi, Georges Balandier, and Ehsan Yarshater. After her are Helen Thomas, Richard N. Frye, Reginald Rose, Olga Orozco, Clemar Bucci, and Denver Pyle. Among people deceased in 1992, Rosemary Sutcliff ranks 171. Before her are André Vandewyer, John Ireland, Vakhtang Chabukiani, Jean Poiret, Buddy Rogers, and Kathleen McKane Godfree. After her are Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Iuliu Bodola, Chuck Connors, Giuseppe Olmo, David Miller, and James Van Fleet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rosemary Sutcliff ranks 3,172 out of 8,785. Before her are John Steiner (1941), Clive Bell (1881), Sophie Kinsella (1969), Jack Goody (1919), John Colet (1467), and Charles Lee (1731). After her are Kenneth Cranham (1944), Arthur Russell (1886), Quentin Crisp (1908), Arthur Ransome (1884), Alan Bullock (1914), and Robert Stephens (1931).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Rosemary Sutcliff ranks 359. Before her are Anne Bradstreet (1612), Robert Chambers (1802), Graham Swift (1949), Radclyffe Hall (1880), Philip Reeve (1966), and Sophie Kinsella (1969). After her are Quentin Crisp (1908), Arthur Ransome (1884), Joe Abercrombie (1974), Robert Greene (1558), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844), and Walter Savage Landor (1775).

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