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Donald Rayfield

1942 - Today

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Patrick Donald Rayfield OBE (born 12 February 1942, Oxford) is an English academic and Emeritus Professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary University of London. He is an author of books about Russian and Georgian literature, and about Joseph Stalin and his secret police. He is also a series editor for books about Russian writers and intelligentsia. He has translated Georgian, Russian and Uzbek poets and prose writers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Rayfield is the 5,406th most popular writer (down from 5,194th in 2019), the 4,319th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,881st in 2019) and the 469th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Donald Rayfield ranks 5,406 out of 7,302. Before him are Katherine Neville, Jean Amrouche, Castro Alves, Karel van de Woestijne, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, and Idea Vilariño. After him are Margery Kempe, Eugénio de Andrade, Anton Donchev, Virgilio Piñera, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, and Sida Košutić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Donald Rayfield ranks 528. Before him are Klaus Beer, Lorenzo Piretto, Kevin Conway, Anita Roddick, Catharina Lodders, and Jeetendra. After him are Jo Vonlanthen, Michael Nesmith, Teddy Pilette, Imran N. Hosein, Rudolf Belin, and Han Pil-hwa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Rayfield ranks 4,320 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Liddell (1811), Margaret Leighton (1922), Gerry Anderson (1929), Liam Howlett (1971), Amlaíb Cuarán (1000), and Nick Park (1958). After him are Estelle Winwood (1883), Robin Hill (1899), John Callen (1946), Mark Hughes (1963), Margery Kempe (1373), and David Abulafia (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Donald Rayfield ranks 469. Before him are Alan Ayckbourn (1939), Michael Frayn (1933), Ramsey Campbell (1946), Aneirin (525), Pat Barker (1943), and Anne V. Coates (1925). After him are Margery Kempe (1373), M. R. James (1862), William Cobbett (1763), Sax Rohmer (1883), William Muir (1819), and Susan Blackmore (1951).

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