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Algernon Blackwood

1869 - 1951

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Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, "His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's" and that his short story collection Incredible Adventures (1914) "may be the premier weird collection of this or any other century". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Algernon Blackwood is the 34th most popular occultist (down from 30th in 2019), the 1,990th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,528th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Occultist.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Algernon Blackwood ranks 34 out of 41. Before him are Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, Stanislas de Guaita, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Joséphin Péladan, Franz Bardon, and Michael Scot. After him are Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Dion Fortune, Israel Regardie, Sergey Oldenburg, Otto Witte, and William Quan Judge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Algernon Blackwood ranks 72. Before him are Hans Poelzig, Washington Luís, Otto Nordenskjöld, Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Valdemar Poulsen, and Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria. After him are Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Paul Émile Chabas, Arthur Rostron, Slobodan Jovanović, Philip de László, and Ben Turpin. Among people deceased in 1951, Algernon Blackwood ranks 67. Before him are Ali Sami Yen, Géza Maróczy, Henrietta Lacks, Wols, Tadeusz Borowski, and Vilhelm Bjerknes. After him are Du Yuesheng, Jakow Trachtenberg, Liaquat Ali Khan, Maria Montez, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Eugen Meindl.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Algernon Blackwood ranks 1,990 out of 8,785. Before him are John Mills (1908), Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), Roger Williamson (1948), Wayne Rooney (1985), John Muir (1838), and Billy Connolly (1942). After him are David Byrne (1952), Andy Whitfield (1971), Ouida (1839), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Sophie Turner (1996), and Dennis Nilsen (1945).

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Among OCCULTISTS In United Kingdom

Among occultists born in United Kingdom, Algernon Blackwood ranks 9. Before him are Edward Kelley (1555), Robert Fludd (1574), Elias Ashmole (1617), Alice Bailey (1880), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), and Michael Scot (1175). After him are Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854), Dion Fortune (1890), and Israel Regardie (1907).

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