WRITER

Stella Gibbons

1902 - 1989

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Stella Dorothea Gibbons (5 January 1902 – 19 December 1989) was an English author, journalist, and poet. She established her reputation with her first novel, Cold Comfort Farm (1932), which has been reprinted many times. Although she was active as a writer for half a century, none of her later 22 novels or other literary works—which included a sequel to Cold Comfort Farm—achieved the same critical or popular success. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stella Gibbons has received more than 299,194 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Stella Gibbons is the 6,332nd most popular writer (down from 5,674th in 2019), the 5,453rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,905th in 2019) and the 621st most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stella Gibbons ranks 6,332 out of 7,302. Before her are Naomi Wolf, Henry Vaughan, Tsai Chih-chung, Richard Wilbur, William Roscoe, and Terry Southern. After her are Alberto Dines, Veronica Roth, Bill Prady, Kathleen Raine, Brian Friel, and Pat Conroy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Stella Gibbons ranks 326. Before her are Mary Nolan, William Cockburn, Leon Ames, Eddie Lang, Walter Dietrich, and Charles Barton. After her are Esther Ralston, Egon Orowan, Leo Losert, Nora Swinburne, Douglas Lowe, and Harold McMunn. Among people deceased in 1989, Stella Gibbons ranks 284. Before her are May Allison, Pua Kealoha, S. David Griggs, Ursula Knab, Constance Binney, and Robert B. Anderson. After her are Egon Orowan, Prem Nazir, Willi Horn, Frank Sullivan, Ludwig Schuberth, and Aristid Lindenmayer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stella Gibbons ranks 5,453 out of 8,785. Before her are Skandar Keynes (1991), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), Graham Higman (1917), Cleo Laine (1927), Jeffrey Hammond (1946), and Roy Evans (1948). After her are Ellie Goulding (1986), Kathleen Raine (1908), David Payne (1843), Benjamin Whitrow (1937), Brian Friel (1929), and Angela Cartwright (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Stella Gibbons ranks 621. Before her are Alastair Reynolds (1966), Dick King-Smith (1922), Thomas Warton (1728), Andrew Davies (1936), Henry Vaughan (1621), and William Roscoe (1753). After her are Kathleen Raine (1908), Brian Friel (1929), Angie Sage (1952), Susan Hill (1942), Compton Mackenzie (1883), and John Skelton (1460).

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