WRITER

Winston Graham

1908 - 2003

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Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime (30 June 1908 – 10 July 2003), was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary thrillers, period novels, short stories, non-fiction and plays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Winston Graham has received more than 767,003 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Winston Graham is the 4,331st most popular writer (down from 3,058th in 2019), the 3,095th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,276th in 2019) and the 347th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Winston Graham ranks 4,331 out of 7,302. Before him are Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Mordecai Richler, Herbert Achternbusch, Dorothee Sölle, Franciszek Karpiński, and Orhan Kemal. After him are Helen Prejean, Breyten Breytenbach, Ruth Westheimer, Maksim Tank, Connie Willis, and Yurii Andrukhovych.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Winston Graham ranks 240. Before him are Hugo Distler, Nikolai Kamanin, Jules Vandooren, Eugen Suchoň, Mohammad Natsir, and Jagjivan Ram. After him are Władysław Raginis, Kristjan Palusalu, Frol Kozlov, Quentin Crisp, Devika Rani, and Raymond Scott. Among people deceased in 2003, Winston Graham ranks 214. Before him are Art Carney, Anita Borg, Yuriy Voynov, Jesse Carver, Tomáš Pospíchal, and Dorothee Sölle. After him are Leonid Filatov, Mutsuhiro Watanabe, Rosalyn Tureck, Emília Rotter, Bernard Dowiyogo, and Terenci Moix.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Winston Graham ranks 3,095 out of 8,785. Before him are Albert Hill (1889), George Bass (1771), Thomas Moran (1837), James Robertson Justice (1907), Siouxsie Sioux (1957), and Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (1472). After him are Johann von Lamont (1805), Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435), Anthony Andrews (1948), Frederick Twort (1877), William Withering (1741), and Geoff Duke (1923).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Winston Graham ranks 347. Before him are Anthony Hope (1863), Richard Pococke (1704), Richard Hakluyt (1552), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), John Stott (1921), and Reynold A. Nicholson (1868). After him are Andrew Marvell (1621), William Thoms (1803), Brian O'Nolan (1911), M. R. James (1862), Raphael Holinshed (1529), and Anne Bradstreet (1612).

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