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Stephen Leacock

1869 - 1944

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Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Leacock has received more than 577,577 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Stephen Leacock is the 5,877th most popular writer (down from 5,350th in 2019), the 4,671st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,340th in 2019) and the 525th most popular British Writer.

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  • 580k

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  • 51.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stephen Leacock ranks 5,877 out of 7,302Before him are José Gil Fortoul, Isabel-Clara Simó, David Garnett, Justine Siegemund, Patrick Rambaud, and Booth Tarkington. After him are Mark Strand, Gen Urobuchi, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Kazimierz Brodziński, Eric Van Lustbader, and R. A. Lafferty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Stephen Leacock ranks 145Before him are Albert Engström, Bill Haywood, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Gerrit Smith Miller, Zaida Ben-Yusuf, and Booth Tarkington. After him are William Murrill, Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Tom Kiely, George Caridia, and Charley Grapewin. Among people deceased in 1944, Stephen Leacock ranks 292Before him are Katri Vala, Octav Băncilă, Toni Merkens, Divna Veković, Józef Kałuża, and Chandramukhi Basu. After him are Michael Pedersen Friis, Rose O'Neill, Hermann Hansen, George Herriman, Siegfried Purner, and Charles Marion.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Leacock ranks 4,671 out of 8,785Before him are Lynsey de Paul (1948), Major Ritchie (1870), John Roebuck (1718), David Hampshire (1917), Charles Kent (1852), and John McNally (1932). After him are Lilian Gibbs (1870), Bill Moggridge (1943), Michael Howard (1941), Bunny Austin (1906), Jocelyn Pook (1960), and Peter Warlock (1894).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Stephen Leacock ranks 525Before him are John of Worcester (1100), Arthur Symons (1865), Charles Mackay (1814), Malcolm Bradbury (1932), John Wain (1925), and David Garnett (1892). After him are Anthony Shaffer (1926), Wilbert Awdry (1911), Henry Lincoln (1930), Julia Donaldson (1948), Anthony Powell (1905), and Leigh Hunt (1784).