WRITER
Dorothy E. Smith
1926 - 2022

Dorothy E. Smith
Dorothy Edith Smith (née Place; 6 July 1926 – 3 June 2022) was a British-born Canadian ethnographer, feminist studies scholar, sociologist, and writer with research interests in a variety of disciplines. These include women's studies, feminist theory, psychology, and educational studies. Smith was also involved in certain subfields of sociology, such as the sociology of knowledge, family studies, and methodology. She founded the sociological sub-disciplines of feminist standpoint theory and institutional ethnography. Read more on Wikipedia
Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy E. Smith is the 6,109th most popular writer (up from 6,535th in 2019), the 5,160th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,822nd in 2019) and the 565th most popular British Writer.
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Among WRITERS
Among writers, Dorothy E. Smith ranks 6,109 out of 7,302. Before her are Kevin Kelly, Katherine Pancol, Izaak Walton, Jean-Denis Bredin, Pauline Baynes, and John Betjeman. After her are Federico Moccia, Frank Schätzing, Ernest Lehman, Ğäliäsğar Kamal, William Bell Scott, and Paul Arène.
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1954 - Present
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Izaak Walton
1593 - 1683
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 6,105
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1929 - 2021
HPI: 52.20
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Pauline Baynes
1922 - 2008
HPI: 52.20
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John Betjeman
1906 - 1984
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 6,108
Dorothy E. Smith
1926 - 2022
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 6,109
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1963 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 6,110
Frank Schätzing
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 6,111
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1915 - 2005
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 6,112
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HPI: 52.18
Rank: 6,113
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1811 - 1890
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 6,114
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1843 - 1896
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 6,115
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1926, Dorothy E. Smith ranks 477. Before her are Rawya Ateya, Larissa Volpert, Don Gordon, W. Michael Blumenthal, Peter Zadek, and Paolo Magnani. After her are George Ariyoshi, Bryan Forbes, Randy Weston, Anatoly Logunov, Patrice Wymore, and Tim LaHaye. Among people deceased in 2022, Dorothy E. Smith ranks 564. Before her are James Forbes, Albert Pyun, Ronald Lopatni, Jürgen Sundermann, Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, and Gerhard Roth. After her are Raymond Briggs, Bjarni Tryggvason, Mike Hodges, Rodney Stark, Naomi Judd, and Javier Cárdenas.
Others Born in 1926
Go to all RankingsRawya Ateya
POLITICIAN
1926 - 1997
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 471
Larissa Volpert
CHESS PLAYER
1926 - 2017
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 472
Don Gordon
ACTOR
1926 - 2017
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 473
W. Michael Blumenthal
ECONOMIST
1926 - Present
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 474
Peter Zadek
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2009
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 475
Paolo Magnani
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1926 - 2023
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 476
Dorothy E. Smith
WRITER
1926 - 2022
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 477
George Ariyoshi
POLITICIAN
1926 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 478
Bryan Forbes
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2013
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 479
Randy Weston
MUSICIAN
1926 - 2018
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 480
Anatoly Logunov
PHYSICIST
1926 - 2015
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 481
Patrice Wymore
ACTOR
1926 - 2014
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 482
Tim LaHaye
WRITER
1926 - 2016
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 483
Others Deceased in 2022
Go to all RankingsJames Forbes
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1952 - 2022
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 558
Albert Pyun
FILM DIRECTOR
1953 - 2022
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 559
Ronald Lopatni
ATHLETE
1944 - 2022
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 560
Jürgen Sundermann
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2022
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 561
Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek
ATHLETE
1939 - 2022
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 562
Gerhard Roth
WRITER
1942 - 2022
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 563
Dorothy E. Smith
WRITER
1926 - 2022
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 564
Raymond Briggs
COMIC ARTIST
1934 - 2022
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 565
Bjarni Tryggvason
ASTRONAUT
1945 - 2022
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 566
Mike Hodges
FILM DIRECTOR
1932 - 2022
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 567
Rodney Stark
SOCIOLOGIST
1934 - 2022
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 568
Naomi Judd
SINGER
1946 - 2022
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 569
Javier Cárdenas
SOCCER PLAYER
1952 - 2022
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 570
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Dorothy E. Smith ranks 5,162 out of 8,785. Before her are Dave Gibbons (1949), Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), Wendy Smith-Sly (1959), Izaak Walton (1593), Pauline Baynes (1922), and John Betjeman (1906). After her are Raymond Briggs (1934), John Garstang (1876), Howard Kendall (1946), Justin Hayward (1946), Peter Cook (1936), and Bryan Forbes (1926).
Others born in United Kingdom
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COMIC ARTIST
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 5,156
Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford
ECONOMIST
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 5,157
Wendy Smith-Sly
ATHLETE
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 5,158
Izaak Walton
WRITER
1593 - 1683
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 5,159
Pauline Baynes
WRITER
1922 - 2008
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 5,160
John Betjeman
WRITER
1906 - 1984
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 5,161
Dorothy E. Smith
WRITER
1926 - 2022
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 5,162
Raymond Briggs
COMIC ARTIST
1934 - 2022
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 5,163
John Garstang
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1876 - 1956
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 5,164
Howard Kendall
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - 2015
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 5,165
Justin Hayward
SINGER
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 5,166
Peter Cook
ARCHITECT
1936 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 5,167
Bryan Forbes
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2013
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 5,168
Among WRITERS In United Kingdom
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dorothy E. Smith ranks 565. Before her are Emilia Lanier (1569), Mina Loy (1882), Terence Rattigan (1911), Izaak Walton (1593), Pauline Baynes (1922), and John Betjeman (1906). After her are William Bell Scott (1811), David Mitchell (1969), Paul Scott (1920), Bernice Rubens (1923), James Herbert (1943), and John of Worcester (1100).
Emilia Lanier
1569 - 1645
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 559
Mina Loy
1882 - 1966
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 560
Terence Rattigan
1911 - 1977
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 561
Izaak Walton
1593 - 1683
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 562
Pauline Baynes
1922 - 2008
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 563
John Betjeman
1906 - 1984
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 564
Dorothy E. Smith
1926 - 2022
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 565
William Bell Scott
1811 - 1890
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 566
David Mitchell
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 567
Paul Scott
1920 - 1978
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 568
Bernice Rubens
1923 - 2004
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 569
James Herbert
1943 - 2013
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 570
John of Worcester
1100 - 1200
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 571