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Terry Eagleton

1943 - Today

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Terence Francis Eagleton (born 22 February 1943) is an English philosopher, literary theorist, critic, and public intellectual. He is currently Distinguished Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University. Eagleton has published over forty books, but remains best known for Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983), which has sold over 750,000 copies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry Eagleton has received more than 1,013,420 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Terry Eagleton is the 2,343rd most popular writer (up from 2,444th in 2019), the 1,736th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,874th in 2019) and the 187th most popular British Writer.

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  • 61.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Terry Eagleton ranks 2,343 out of 7,302. Before him are Andrei Voznesensky, Tullia d'Aragona, Terence McKenna, Kathy Reichs, William Peter Blatty, and Nennius. After him are Marius Aventicensis, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Rabia Balkhi, Eugippius, Terry Bisson, and Anton Bernolák.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Terry Eagleton ranks 205. Before him are Rodney Alcala, Mie Hama, Carmen Argenziano, Surayud Chulanont, Nicolae Văcăroiu, and Henry Hill. After him are Tom Holland, Rolf Stommelen, Wilson da Silva Piazza, Charles Savarin, Sirajuddin of Perlis, and Muhammad al-Sadr.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Terry Eagleton ranks 1,736 out of 8,785. Before him are Dido (1971), Patrick Head (1946), Kathleen Ferrier (1912), Edward Low (1690), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), and William Cullen (1710). After him are Gordon Ramsay (1966), David Gill (1843), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Steven Runciman (1903), Anthony Quayle (1913), and Margaret Scriven (1912).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Terry Eagleton ranks 187. Before him are Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Edward FitzGerald (1809), Donald Adamson (1939), Richard Aldington (1892), Kingsley Amis (1922), and Frederic W. H. Myers (1843). After him are Philip Sidney (1554), Walter Bagehot (1826), William Auld (1924), Leonard Woolf (1880), Taliesin (518), and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806).

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