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William Dalrymple

1965 - Today

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William Benedict Hamilton-Dalrymple (born 20 March 1965) is an India-based Scottish historian and art historian, as well as a curator, broadcaster and critic. He is also one of the co-founders and co-directors of the world's largest writers' festival, the annual Jaipur Literature Festival. Dalrymple's books have won numerous awards and prizes, including the Wolfson Prize for History, the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize, the Hemingway, the Kapuściński, the Arthur Ross Medal of the US Council on Foreign Relations, the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Dalrymple has received more than 281,861 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). William Dalrymple is the 560th most popular historian (down from 460th in 2019), the 7,255th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,575th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, William Dalrymple ranks 560 out of 561. Before him are Peeter Järvelaid, Adrian Goldsworthy, Bettany Hughes, Victor Davis Hanson, Michael Wood, and Soner Cagaptay. After him are Rémi Mathis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, William Dalrymple ranks 905. Before him are Nigel Bond, Cindy Brown, Flávio Campos, Ed Davey, Richey Reneberg, and Erik Hämäläinen. After him are Osamu Hirose, Camille Coduri, Lynn Shelton, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Frances Ruffelle, and Jörg Stübner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Dalrymple ranks 7,255 out of 8,785. Before him are Jade Ewen (1988), Ben Howard (1987), Tyrone Mings (1993), Aml Ameen (1985), Claudia Jessie (1989), and April Pearson (1989). After him are Jack Whitehall (1988), Jack Butland (1993), Mitch Hewer (1989), Des Browne (1952), Stephen Jones (null), and Andros Townsend (1991).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, William Dalrymple ranks 79. Before him are Warren Treadgold (1949), Stephen Turnbull (1948), Peter Heather (1960), Adrian Goldsworthy (1969), Bettany Hughes (1968), and Michael Wood (1948).

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