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Anthony Boucher

1911 - 1968

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William Anthony Parker White (August 21, 1911 – April 29, 1968), better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher (), was an American author, critic, and editor who wrote several classic mystery novels, short stories, science fiction, and radio dramas. Between 1942 and 1947, he acted as reviewer of mostly mystery fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle. In addition to "Anthony Boucher", White also employed the pseudonym "H. H. Holmes", which was the pseudonym of a late-19th-century American serial killer; Boucher also write light verse which he signed "Herman W. Mudgett" (the murderer's real name). In a 1981 poll of 17 detective story writers and reviewers, his novel Nine Times Nine was voted as the ninth best locked room mystery of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Anthony Boucher is the 6,506th most popular writer (up from 6,533rd in 2024), the 12,597th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,486th in 2019) and the 903rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Anthony Boucher ranks 6,506 out of 7,302. Before him are Bernardine Evaristo, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Damon Galgut, Laura Restrepo, Marina Nemat, and Walter Besant. After him are Mariana Enríquez, Norman Lear, Klas Östergren, Naomi Mitchison, Andrew Kevin Walker, and Anderson Cooper.

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Among people born in 1911, Anthony Boucher ranks 388. Before him are Ann Doran, Val Guest, Rezső Somlai, Hugh Marlowe, Kristian Henriksen, and Hank Greenberg. After him are Fe del Mundo, Mitch Miller, Harry Golombek, Jean Muir, Amelia Boynton Robinson, and Sybille Bedford. Among people deceased in 1968, Anthony Boucher ranks 258. Before him are Nikolay Akimov, Virginia Weidler, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Virginia Valli, Horace Gould, and Jean Gachet. After him are Dorothy Abbott, Dennis O'Keefe, Lurleen Wallace, Norman Thomas, Fred Clark, and Gertrude Short.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony Boucher ranks 12,601 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Vaughn (1902), Jimmy Iovine (1953), Peyton Manning (1976), Clayton Moore (1914), Shaun White (1986), and John Cameron Mitchell (1963). After him are Bob Kurland (1924), Morgan Woodward (1925), Kim Thayil (1960), Ruth Asawa (1926), Rick Rosenthal (1949), and Natalia Dyer (1995).

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Among writers born in United States, Anthony Boucher ranks 903. Before him are Sandra Cisneros (1954), Sylvia Browne (1936), Andrew Sarris (1928), Robert Rodat (1953), Vin Scully (1927), and Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872). After him are Norman Lear (1922), Andrew Kevin Walker (1964), Anderson Cooper (1967), Alyson Noël (1965), Anna Todd (1989), and Emanuel Pastreich (1964).

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