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William Blum

1933 - 2018

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William Henry Blum (; March 6, 1933 – December 9, 2018) was an American author and journalist and a critic of United States foreign policy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Blum has received more than 264,697 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). William Blum is the 5,651st most popular writer (down from 5,339th in 2019), the 8,591st most popular biography from United States (up from 8,592nd in 2019) and the 663rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Principles of electroplating and electroforming (electrotyping)
1930
Rogue State
Foreign relations, Government policy, Human rights
2000
Das Alte Testament-- ein Geschichtsbuch?
Historiography, Bible, Congresses
2005
Gee's Bend
African American quilts, Exhibitions, African American women
2006
Killing Hope
Military relations, United States. Central Intelligence Agency, United States
1995

Page views of William Blums by language

Over the past year William Blum has had the most page views in the with 38,074 views, followed by Russian (2,545), and French (1,816). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (660.71%), Simple English (148.71%), and Egyptian Arabic (43.84%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Blum ranks 5,651 out of 7,302. Before him are Kate Wilhelm, George William Russell, Herman Teirlinck, MacKenzie Scott, Hanif Kureishi, and Peter Wohlleben. After him are Stanisław Barańczak, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Semyon Nadson, Valentín Paz-Andrade, Eoin Colfer, and Yuri Samarin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, William Blum ranks 425. Before him are Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, Irina Beglyakova, Valéria Gyenge, Franco Marini, Françoise Héritier, and Jerry Falwell. After him are Dušanka Sifnios, Nikola Radović, Milly Scott, Ann Richards, Steve Shirley, and Jackie Blanchflower. Among people deceased in 2018, William Blum ranks 406. Before him are Ricky Jay, Cliff Bourland, Irina Beglyakova, David Goodall, Kate Wilhelm, and Alfredo del Águila. After him are Milunka Lazarević, Daniel Robin, Joseph Polchinski, Aleksei Paramonov, Mateja Matevski, and Gardner Dozois.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Blum ranks 8,591 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Arnold (1890), David Canary (1938), Joe Torre (1940), Evan Rachel Wood (1987), Helen Ferguson (1901), and Mark Valley (1964). After him are Alexander Berzin (1944), Jim Pollard (1922), Paul Bearer (1954), Cathy Moriarty (1960), William C. deMille (1878), and Spencer Dryden (1938).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Blum ranks 663. Before him are Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), Karin Slaughter (1971), Zitkala-Sa (1876), Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869), Kate Wilhelm (1928), and MacKenzie Scott (1970). After him are Michael Shermer (1954), Kevin Kelly (1952), Edmund White (1940), Alison Lurie (1926), Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), and Gwendolyn Brooks (1917).

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