WRITER

Tom Sharpe

1928 - 2013

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Thomas Ridley Sharpe (30 March 1928 – 6 June 2013) was an English satirical novelist, best known for his Wilt series, as well as Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape, all three of which were adapted for television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Sharpe has received more than 458,277 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Sharpe is the 2,648th most popular writer (down from 2,425th in 2019), the 1,965th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,858th in 2019) and the 218th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Vintage Stuff
Fiction, Preparatory school teachers, Preparatory schools
1982
Porterhouse Blue
Fiction, English fiction, Comedy
1920
Indecent Exposure
Police, Fiction, Comedy
Indecent exposure
1973
Wilt
Fiction in English, Humour, College teachers
1976
Blott on the Landscape
Legislators, Fiction in English, Fiction
1975
Ancestral vices
Fiction, Upper class families
1980

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tom Sharpe ranks 2,648 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean Ray, Elio Vittorini, Jules Supervielle, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Jules Guesde, and Olga Rozanova. After him are John Cheever, Jean Rhys, Alda Merini, Àngel Guimerà, Mirra Alfassa, and Stanko Vraz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Tom Sharpe ranks 215. Before him are Alejandro de Tomaso, Édouard Glissant, Bella Darvi, Nancy Marchand, Fidel Ramos, and Ciriaco De Mita. After him are Robert M. Pirsig, Yury Yakovlev, Reg Park, Willy Mairesse, Saw Maung, and Leonid Bykov. Among people deceased in 2013, Tom Sharpe ranks 166. Before him are Hilary Koprowski, Colin Davis, Georges Descrières, Jean Vincent, Eero Mäntyranta, and Patti Page. After him are Francis Hong Yong-ho, Marc Rich, Armando Trovajoli, Jeff Hanneman, Yury Yakovlev, and Julie Harris.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Sharpe ranks 1,965 out of 8,785. Before him are Elias Ashmole (1617), George Frederic Watts (1817), Lindsay Kemp (1938), Ken Annakin (1914), Thomas Hicks (1876), and Robert Conquest (1917). After him are Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Cecil Beaton (1904), Roger Deakins (1949), Penelope Wilton (1946), Dudley Moore (1935), and Cary Elwes (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Tom Sharpe ranks 218. Before him are Gerald Gardner (1884), George Whitefield (1714), Tobias Smollett (1721), John Wyndham (1903), Frederick Marryat (1792), and Mary Astell (1666). After him are Edith Pargeter (1913), Herbert Read (1893), William Smith (1813), Peter James (1948), Marjorie Boulton (1924), and Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310).

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