WRITER

William Tenn

1920 - 2010

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William Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass (May 9, 1920 – February 7, 2010), a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Tenn has received more than 97,863 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Tenn is the 4,729th most popular writer (up from 4,867th in 2019), the 3,421st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,743rd in 2019) and the 387th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Tenn ranks 4,729 out of 7,302. Before him are Edith Sitwell, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Rod Serling, Manuel Bandeira, Fyodor Abramov, and Rosa Sensat. After him are Brian Lumley, Robert Menasse, Andrei Bitov, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Michel-Jean Sedaine, and Rosa Mayreder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, William Tenn ranks 301. Before him are Vincent Gardenia, Kenneth E. Iverson, Mustafa Khalil, I. A. L. Diamond, George London, and Fyodor Abramov. After him are Maxi Herber, Ruth Maier, Richard Bong, George Herbig, Bai Yang, and Roy Jenkins. Among people deceased in 2010, William Tenn ranks 260. Before him are Paul Gray, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Daisuke Gōri, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Roy Ward Baker, and Robert B. Parker. After him are Vladimir Maslachenko, Dario Mangiarotti, Clarke Scholes, Enrique Morente, Armand Razafindratandra, and Maury Chaykin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Tenn ranks 3,421 out of 8,785. Before him are Storm Thorgerson (1944), Edith Sitwell (1887), Andy Bown (1946), Walter Burley (1275), Al Atkins (1947), and Stanley Morison (1889). After him are Bert Jansch (1943), Brian Lumley (1937), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), John O. Westwood (1805), and Joe Jackson (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Tenn ranks 387. Before him are Edward Thomas (1878), John Mawe (1764), James Thomson (1700), Edward William Lane (1801), Michael Frayn (1933), and Edith Sitwell (1887). After him are Brian Lumley (1937), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), E. L. James (1963), Val McDermid (1955), Edward James (1907), and Milo Yiannopoulos (1984).

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