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Dick King-Smith

1922 - 2011

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Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011), known by his pen name Dick King-Smith, was an English writer of children's books. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983), which was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages. He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education degree by the University of the West of England in 1999 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Dick King-Smith is the 6,403rd most popular writer (down from 6,312th in 2024), the 5,676th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,406th in 2019) and the 633rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Dick King-Smith ranks 6,403 out of 7,302. Before him are Renata Viganò, Ksenia Sobchak, George B. Seitz, Glenn Greenwald, Michael McClure, and Alice Hoffman. After him are Ann Coulter, Gilles Leroy, Anthony McCarten, Gerbrand Bakker, Linda Maria Baros, and Joanna Baillie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Dick King-Smith ranks 431. Before him are Redd Foxx, Helen Gurley Brown, Herbert MacKay-Fraser, Derek J. de Solla Price, John B. Anderson, and Billy Liddell. After him are Johnny Thomson, Herb McKenley, Fortune Gordien, G. N. Ramachandran, Herbert Goldstein, and Esther M. Conwell. Among people deceased in 2011, Dick King-Smith ranks 455. Before him are Rob Schroeder, Dolores Fuller, H. R. F. Keating, Chen Muhua, Yuri Budanov, and Pertti Purhonen. After him are Kathy Kirby, Taiji, Joseph Galibardy, Uche Okafor, Ellen Stewart, and Arthur Laurents.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dick King-Smith ranks 5,678 out of 8,785. Before him are Dee Palmer (1937), James Abbott (1807), Andrew Flintoff (1977), Billy Liddell (1922), Catherine Tate (1968), and Rod Temperton (1949). After him are Nicky Butt (1975), Laura Muntz Lyall (1860), Ray Noble (1903), Andy Auld (1900), Graham Watson (1956), and John Edwards (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dick King-Smith ranks 633. Before him are Elizabeth Carter (1717), H. R. F. Keating (1926), R. C. Sherriff (1896), Felicia Hemans (1793), Susan Hill (1942), and John Addington Symonds (1840). After him are Joanna Baillie (1762), Reginald Hill (1936), Alan Hollinghurst (1954), William Empson (1906), Denise Levertov (1923), and P. H. Newby (1918).

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