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Brian Lumley

1937 - 2024

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Brian Lumley (2 December 1937 – 2 January 2024) was an English author of horror fiction. He came to prominence in the 1970s writing in the Cthulhu Mythos created by American writer H. P. Lovecraft but featuring the new character Titus Crow, and went on to greater fame in the 1980s with the best-selling Necroscope series, initially centered on character Harry Keogh, who can communicate with the spirits of the dead. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Lumley is the 5,197th most popular writer (down from 4,729th in 2019), the 4,133rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,423rd in 2019) and the 443rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Brian Lumley ranks 5,197 out of 7,302. Before him are Charlaine Harris, Edith Sitwell, Adelaide Anne Procter, Petr Bezruč, Henryk Rzewuski, and Peter Scholl-Latour. After him are Kedarnath Singh, Nicolaas Beets, Tabitha King, Regīna Ezera, Helene Hanff, and Emil František Burian.

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Among people born in 1937, Brian Lumley ranks 409. Before him are Gorilla Monsoon, Zoltán Berczik, Dawn Fraser, William Lombardy, Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, and Mario Bergara. After him are Tony Barton, Francisco Gabica, Jesús del Muro, Leo Kadanoff, Giuseppe Galante, and Frans De Mulder. Among people deceased in 2024, Brian Lumley ranks 373. Before him are Ramiro Blacut, Alan Rachins, Robert Pickton, Mahammed Dionne, Arvo Valton, and Domingo Pérez. After him are Jadwiga Barańska, Duane Eddy, Bill Walton, Helen Gallagher, Vasile Dîba, and Mokhtar Hasni.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Lumley ranks 4,134 out of 8,785. Before him are Lloyd Hildebrand (1870), Jim Sturgess (1978), Liz Smith (1921), Natalia Tena (1984), Edith Sitwell (1887), and Bernard Bosanquet (1848). After him are Kenney Jones (1948), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Jenny Clack (1947), Joe Cole (1988), Tony Barton (1937), and Gillian Rubinstein (1942).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Brian Lumley ranks 443. Before him are Joan Aiken (1924), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Edward James (1907), Bob Shaw (1931), and Edith Sitwell (1887). After him are Gillian Rubinstein (1942), Joyce Mansour (1928), Thomas Dekker (1572), Jeanette Winterson (1959), Gilbert Adair (1944), and Marmaduke Pickthall (1875).

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