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Vera Brittain

1893 - 1970

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Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vera Brittain has received more than 1,887,165 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Vera Brittain is the 2,132nd most popular writer (down from 1,887th in 2019), the 1,651st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,472nd in 2019) and the 180th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vera Brittain ranks 2,132 out of 5,755. Before her are Heinrich Glarean, John Mandeville, Bálint Balassi, Shakuntala Devi, Abraham ibn Daud, and Thorbjørn Egner. After her are Giovanni Battista Guarini, Harold Bloom, Fredrika Bremer, Khushal Khattak, Thomas Gray, and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Vera Brittain ranks 96. Before her are Israel Joshua Singer, Marianne Brandt, William Moulton Marston, Gaston Julia, Miloš Crnjanski, and Rahul Sankrityayan. After her are George Ohsawa, Mikheil Gelovani, José Calvo Sotelo, Ben Hecht, Jean Absil, and Alois Hába. Among people deceased in 1970, Vera Brittain ranks 92. Before her are Eiji Tsuburaya, John Barbirolli, Yusof Ishak, Lucien Goldmann, Albert Lamorisse, and Bernd Alois Zimmermann. After her are Franz Schlegelberger, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Romaine Brooks, Jacques Pills, Ludolf von Alvensleben, and Luis Mariano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Vera Brittain ranks 1,651 out of 7,765. Before her are Mitch Mitchell (1947), John Mandeville (1300), David Moyes (1963), John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713), Dunstan (909), and Herbert James Draper (1863). After her are William Watson (1715), Arnold Toynbee (1852), Sandford Fleming (1827), Thomas Gray (1716), Eric Campbell (1880), and Harriet Martineau (1802).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Vera Brittain ranks 180. Before her are Kingsley Amis (1922), Patrick O'Brian (1914), Dick Francis (1920), James Hilton (1900), David Lodge (1935), and John Mandeville (1300). After her are Thomas Gray (1716), Christina Rossetti (1830), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Edward Young (1683), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), and Irvine Welsh (1957).

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