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Hugh Walpole

1884 - 1941

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting and vivid plots, as well as his high profile as a lecturer, brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Walpole is the 5,396th most popular writer (up from 5,679th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 69th in 2019) and the 5th most popular New Zealander Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hugh Walpole ranks 5,396 out of 7,302. Before him are Per Olof Sundman, Umihana Čuvidina, Anne V. Coates, Angélica Gorodischer, Philippe Claudel, and Vernon Lee. After him are Jacques Dupin, Giorgi Leonidze, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Katherine Neville, Jean Amrouche, and Castro Alves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Hugh Walpole ranks 214. Before him are Samuel Berger, Kurt Behrens, Carl Osburn, Sergey Gorodetsky, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, and James Rector. After him are Georg Selenius, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Frederick Grace, Snowy Baker, Varlam Avanesov, and William Hogenson. Among people deceased in 1941, Hugh Walpole ranks 185. Before him are Noël Liétaer, Fred Karno, Karel Kašpar, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, Aleksander Prystor, and František Křižík. After him are Wilhelm Leichum, Friedrich Engel, Élie Blanchard, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, John Stanley Plaskett, and Matt McGrath.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Hugh Walpole ranks 74 out of 303. Before him are Jean Batten (1909), Rupert Julian (1879), Martin Henderson (1974), Wallace Fard Muhammad (1893), Winston Reid (1988), and Jacinda Ardern (1980). After him are Walter Buller (1838), Lee Tamahori (1950), Jonah Lomu (1975), Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Field hockey (null), Jenny Shipley (1952), and John Gorton (1911).

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Among WRITERS In New Zealand

Among writers born in New Zealand, Hugh Walpole ranks 5. Before him are Katherine Mansfield (1888), Richard Curtis (1956), Janet Frame (1924), and Ngaio Marsh (1895). After him are Keri Hulme (1947), Margaret Mahy (1936), Philippa Boyens (2000), Anthony McCarten (1961), and Ruth Park (1917).

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