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Taylor Caldwell

1900 - 1985

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Janet Miriam Caldwell (September 7, 1900 – August 30, 1985) was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also known by a variation of her married name, J. Miriam Reback. In her fiction, she often used real historical events or persons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taylor Caldwell has received more than 374,002 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Taylor Caldwell is the 4,668th most popular writer (down from 3,897th in 2019), the 3,364th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,869th in 2019) and the 377th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Taylor Caldwell ranks 4,668 out of 7,302. Before her are Andrej Sládkovič, Svatopluk Čech, Igor Newerly, Vishnu Sharma, Monica Lovinescu, and Zakaria Tamer. After her are Süreyya Ağaoğlu, H. C. Artmann, Juan José Arreola, Stephen Baxter, Elias Khoury, and Michalina Wisłocka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Taylor Caldwell ranks 211. Before her are Ioannis Andreou, Ioannis Theodoropoulos, Pedro Arispe, Natalio Perinetti, Hermann Kesten, and Delfo Bellini. After her are Gottfried Haberler, Pedro Ochoa, César Espinoza, Ivan Kozlovsky, Charles Jewtraw, and Mikhail Tikhonravov. Among people deceased in 1985, Taylor Caldwell ranks 172. Before her are Marie Bell, Nicolas Hoydonckx, Natalio Perinetti, Carlos Spadaro, Matt Monro, and Forbes Burnham. After her are Roger Sessions, Yrjö Nikkanen, Masten Gregory, Olav Sunde, George Murdock, and Julie Vlasto.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Taylor Caldwell ranks 3,364 out of 8,785. Before her are Nick Park (1958), Simon McBurney (1957), Michael Tippett (1905), James Donald (1917), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), and Gary Lewis (1957). After her are Nigel Kennedy (1956), Alan Cumming (1965), Eva Le Gallienne (1899), Trevor Bolder (1950), Stephen Baxter (1957), and Simone Perrotta (1977).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Taylor Caldwell ranks 377. Before her are Gilbert Adair (1944), Ronald Knox (1888), W. S. Gilbert (1836), Sarah Kane (1971), Grace Aguilar (1816), and Thomas Middleton (1580). After her are Stephen Baxter (1957), Peter Ackroyd (1949), Gillian Rubinstein (1942), Edward Thomas (1878), John Mawe (1764), and James Thomson (1700).

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