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Christopher Priest

1943 - 2024

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Christopher Mackenzie Priest (14 July 1943 – 2 February 2024) was a British science fiction writer and novelist. His works include Fugue for a Darkening Island (1972), The Inverted World (1974), The Space Machine (1976), The Affirmation (1981), The Glamour (1984), The Prestige (1995), and The Separation (2002). Priest was strongly influenced by the science fiction of H. G. Wells and in 2006 was appointed Vice-President of the international H. G. Wells Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Priest is the 4,191st most popular writer (down from 2,468th in 2019), the 3,327th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,822nd in 2019) and the 367th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Christopher Priest ranks 4,191 out of 7,302. Before him are Luise Rinser, Walter Map, Johann Georg von Hahn, David Bergelson, Daniel-Rops, and Daniel Boulanger. After him are Sofi Oksanen, Jovan Rajić, Theodore Roszak, Grigore Vieru, François Cavanna, and William Davenant.

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Among people born in 1943, Christopher Priest ranks 396. Before him are Anthony R. Hunter, Peter Straub, Jamie Gillis, Odilon Polleunis, Frances Lee McCain, and Gerhard Auer. After him are Gigi Meroni, Janet Akyüz Mattei, Steve Clark, Serge Lama, Ingrid Gulbin, and Niles Eldredge. Among people deceased in 2024, Christopher Priest ranks 298. Before him are Vaino Väljas, Giacomo Losi, Barbara Rush, Alex Salmond, Pascal Lainé, and Jan A. P. Kaczmarek. After him are Levan Tediashvili, Anita Bryant, Ruth Westheimer, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Richard H. Truly, and George Eastham.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Priest ranks 3,328 out of 8,785. Before him are Chris Waddle (1960), Dick Turpin (1705), Natalie Dormer (1982), Mary Delany (1700), John Biscoe (1794), and Pete Ham (1947). After him are Benedict Wong (1971), Frederick Twort (1877), Bryan Robson (1957), Joseph Quinn (1994), Simon Wright (1963), and William Davenant (1606).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Christopher Priest ranks 367. Before him are William Thoms (1803), Lydia Becker (1827), James Allen (1864), John Gower (1330), Eliza Acton (1799), and Walter Map (1140). After him are William Davenant (1606), William Hazlitt (1778), Raphael Holinshed (1529), Radclyffe Hall (1880), Philip Reeve (1966), and Arthur Ransome (1884).

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