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Sax Rohmer

1883 - 1959

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Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward (15 February 1883 – 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was an English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Fu Manchu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sax Rohmer has received more than 483,342 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sax Rohmer is the 5,309th most popular writer (down from 4,410th in 2019), the 4,005th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,287th in 2019) and the 447th most popular British Writer.

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  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sax Rohmer ranks 5,309 out of 7,302. Before him are Justine Musk, Teresa de la Parra, Ahmed Sofa, Elizabeth Gilbert, David Peoples, and Jacques Jasmin. After him are Carlo Cassola, Vira Vovk, Villy Sørensen, Aleardo Aleardi, Hamo Sahyan, and Günther Jauch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Sax Rohmer ranks 225. Before him are Käthe Kruse, Lothrop Stoddard, William Garbutt, Jules Berry, Emil Rausch, and Mary Alden. After him are Tevfik Rüştü Aras, Marie Noël, Gösta Olson, Estelle Winwood, Hjalmar Cedercrona, and Guido Gozzano. Among people deceased in 1959, Sax Rohmer ranks 174. Before him are Leslie Johnson, Peter Platzer, Paul Van Asbroeck, Russell Simpson, Zakaria Goneim, and Eugene Meyer. After him are Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, Adolf Lindfors, Andrés Martínez Trueba, Patrick O'Connell, Ragnar Malm, and Abraham Flexner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sax Rohmer ranks 4,005 out of 8,785. Before him are Zara Tindall (1981), Astley Cooper (1768), Burt Kwouk (1930), Philip Hammond (1955), Conor Gallagher (2000), and Kevin McKidd (1973). After him are Brian Naylor (1923), Mary Garden (1874), William Robertson (1721), Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), David Cross (1949), and Roy Bentley (1924).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Sax Rohmer ranks 447. Before him are George Crabbe (1754), Ælfric of Eynsham (955), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Edward Carpenter (1844), R. M. Ballantyne (1825), and Joanne Harris (1964). After him are Charles Wilkins (1749), Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), Daniel Tammet (1979), Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), and Aneirin (525).

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