WRITER

Theodore Sturgeon

1918 - 1985

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Theodore Sturgeon (; born Edward Hamilton Waldo, February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American fiction author of primarily fantasy, science fiction, and horror, as well as a critic. He wrote approximately 400 reviews and more than 120 short stories, 11 novels, and several scripts for Star Trek: The Original Series. Sturgeon's science fiction novel More Than Human (1953) won the 1954 International Fantasy Award (for SF and fantasy) as the year's best novel, and the Science Fiction Writers of America ranked "Baby Is Three" number five among the "Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time" to 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodore Sturgeon has received more than 652,468 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Theodore Sturgeon is the 1,649th most popular writer (up from 2,157th in 2019), the 2,050th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,804th in 2019) and the 180th most popular American Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.68

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  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Theodore Sturgeon ranks 1,649 out of 7,302. Before him are Andreas Gryphius, Al-Hariri of Basra, Matteo Maria Boiardo, Clodia Pulchra, A. S. Byatt, and Maria Valtorta. After him are Baba Tahir, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Li He, Liu Zongyuan, Christy Brown, and Meleager of Gadara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Theodore Sturgeon ranks 82. Before him are Fernando Peyroteo, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, Jin Youzhi, Henry Calvin, and Philip José Farmer. After him are Choi Hong Hi, Abba Kovner, Jean-Marie Loret, Thomas Gordon, Cicely Saunders, and Huber Matos. Among people deceased in 1985, Theodore Sturgeon ranks 56. Before him are Eric Voegelin, Wellington Koo, Zarifa Aliyeva, Axel Springer, Karl-Adolf Hollidt, and Alexander Pokryshkin. After him are Ruth Gordon, David Byron, Herbert Bayer, Cus D'Amato, Ricky Nelson, and Afet İnan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theodore Sturgeon ranks 2,050 out of 20,380. Before him are Larry Silverstein (1931), Eleanor Parker (1922), Irving Thalberg (1899), Ward Cunningham (1949), Tina Aumont (1946), and Barbara Liskov (1939). After him are Ry Cooder (1947), Tim Allen (1953), King Vidor (1894), Warren Christopher (1925), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), and Reinhold Niebuhr (1892).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Theodore Sturgeon ranks 180. Before him are Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Philip José Farmer (1918), Alice Walker (1944), Gore Vidal (1925), Ira Levin (1929), and Martin Gardner (1914). After him are Upton Sinclair (1878), Fredric Jameson (1934), R. L. Stine (1943), Bernard Malamud (1914), Lewis Mumford (1895), and Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930).

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