WRITER

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 1,929,692 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Vera Brittain is the 3,363rd most popular writer (down from 2,125th in 2019), the 2,418th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,646th in 2019) and the 275th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Testament of friendship
Authors, English, Biography, English Authors
1940
Chronicle of youth
World War, 1914-1918, Personal narratives, British, Diaries
1981
Testament of experience
English Personal narratives, Pacifists, British Personal narratives
1957
England's hour
British Personal narratives, Personal narratives, British, Social life and customs
1941
Testament of youth
Medical aspects of World War, 1914-1918, English Personal narratives, Personal narratives, English
1933
Account rendered
Texts, English fiction, General
1944

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vera Brittain ranks 3,363 out of 7,302. Before her are Al-A'sha, Rose Wilder Lane, Jean-Claude Izzo, Gunnar Heiberg, Bharatendu Harishchandra, and Hồ Xuân Hương. After her are Cristina Peri Rossi, Anar Rzayev, Fanny Crosby, Rutebeuf, Jan Arnošt Smoler, and Willibald Pirckheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Vera Brittain ranks 149. Before her are Vera Kholodnaya, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Bekir Çoban-zade, and Huey Long. After her are Mykola Khvylovy, Bugs Moran, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Georges Florovsky, Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, and Segismundo Casado. Among people deceased in 1970, Vera Brittain ranks 132. Before her are Luis Mariano, Gyula Cseszneky, Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Dora Boothby, Kurt Feldt, and Leandro Faggin. After her are Ștefan Barbu, Cathy O'Donnell, Ernest Marsden, Sydney Chapman, Billie Burke, and Alan Wilson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Vera Brittain ranks 2,418 out of 8,785. Before her are Mel Collins (1947), Frederick Abberline (1843), Nicholas Clay (1946), Martin Rees (1942), Luke Evans (1979), and Ian Richardson (1934). After her are Nobby Stiles (1942), Cædwalla of Wessex (659), Terry-Thomas (1911), Alfred Fowler (1868), Leslie Phillips (1924), and Delroy Lindo (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Vera Brittain ranks 275. Before her are John Brunner (1934), Peter Mayle (1939), Anna Sewell (1820), Arnold Wesker (1932), David Crystal (1941), and John Ford (1586). After her are William Hope Hodgson (1877), Charles Lamb (1775), John Henry Mackay (1864), Grace Elliott (1754), J. B. Priestley (1894), and John Osborne (1929).

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