WRITER

William Boyd

1952 - Today

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William Andrew Murray Boyd (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Boyd has received more than 41,904 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). William Boyd is the 4,283rd most popular writer (down from 4,058th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Ghana and the most popular Ghanaian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 42k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Surgical pathology
Surgical Pathology
1925
The history of Western education
Education, History, Bildungswesen
1921
Restless
Family secrets, Secret service, World War, 1939-1945
2006
A text-book of pathology
Pathology
1932
2006
Armadillo
Literature, Fiction
1998

Page views of William Boyds by language

Over the past year William Boyd has had the most page views in the with 18,523 views, followed by German (10,935), and Italian (3,836). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (76.59%), Southern Azerbaijani (65.03%), and Western Punjabi (47.63%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Boyd ranks 4,283 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard Hakluyt, Herbert W. Franke, Malika Oufkir, Edna Ferber, Johann Christian Günther, and Txillardegi. After him are Jakob Hurt, Benoîte Groult, Leopold Staff, Veijo Meri, Florbela Espanca, and Ibrahim Tuqan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, William Boyd ranks 307. Before him are Jim Cummings, Alexis Argüello, Jorge Fossati, Guzal Sitdikova, Ali Abdullah Ayyoub, and Rui Jordão. After him are Amina Wadud, Chiaki Mukai, Rick Aviles, Michel Blanc, Michael Dorn, and Christiane Taubira.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, William Boyd ranks 14 out of 162. Before him are Jerry Rawlings (1947), Michael Essien (1982), John Atta Mills (1944), Peter Turkson (1948), Peter Mensah (1959), and John Kufuor (1938). After him are Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Samuel Kuffour (1976), Efua Dorkenoo (1949), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), and Sulley Muntari (1984).

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Among WRITERS In Ghana

Among writers born in Ghana, William Boyd ranks 1. After him are Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), Ayi Kwei Armah (1939), Kofi Awoonor (1935), and Amma Darko (1956).

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