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Russell Kirk

1918 - 1994

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Russell Amos Kirk (October 19, 1918 – April 29, 1994) was an American political philosopher, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and author, known for his influence on 20th-century American conservatism. His 1953 book The Conservative Mind gave shape to the postwar conservative movement in the U.S. It traced the development of conservative thought in the Anglo-American tradition, giving special importance to the ideas of Edmund Burke. Kirk was considered the chief proponent of traditionalist conservatism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Russell Kirk has received more than 733,340 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Russell Kirk is the 4,540th most popular writer (down from 4,000th in 2019), the 6,116th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,418th in 2019) and the 489th most popular American Writer.

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  • 48.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Russell Kirk ranks 4,540 out of 7,302. Before him are M. Ageyev, Alexander Bek, Georges Courteline, Gamal El-Ghitani, Jovan Rajić, and Eliška Krásnohorská. After him are Źmitrok Biadula, Wilhelm Geiger, Mihály Csokonai, René Guillot, Sandra Brown, and David Mamet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Russell Kirk ranks 201. Before him are Vladimir Dudintsev, Mutsuhiro Watanabe, John Bromwich, Peter Blau, San Yu, and Edward Van Dijck. After him are Said Mohamed Djohar, Charu Majumdar, Georges Berger, Rand Brooks, Zara Dolukhanova, and Gunder Hägg. Among people deceased in 1994, Russell Kirk ranks 220. Before him are Raymond Scott, Karl-Heinz Metzner, Lew Hoad, Severino Minelli, Masayoshi Ito, and Gilbert Roland. After him are Dinah Shore, Avet Terterian, Helena Rasiowa, Sigmund Ruud, Augusts Voss, and Paul Anderson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Russell Kirk ranks 6,116 out of 20,380. Before him are Sarah Shahi (1980), Timbaland (1972), Meg Tilly (1960), Harry Partch (1901), Emma Tillman (1892), and Samuel Garman (1843). After him are Kitty Winn (1944), Grace Bumbry (1937), Arsenio Hall (1956), Mare Winningham (1959), Will Rogers (1879), and Hoagy Carmichael (1899).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Russell Kirk ranks 489. Before him are Delia Owens (1949), C. J. Cherryh (1942), Amy Lowell (1874), E. E. Smith (1890), Timothy Zahn (1951), and Norman Spinrad (1940). After him are Sandra Brown (1948), David Mamet (1947), Amiri Baraka (1934), Neal Stephenson (1959), Jack Canfield (1944), and Robert Greene (1959).

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