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Jim Corbett

1875 - 1955

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Edward James Corbett (25 July 1875 – 19 April 1955) was an Anglo-Indian hunter and author. He gained fame through hunting and killing several man-eating tigers and leopards in Northern India, as detailed in his bestselling 1944 memoir Man-Eaters of Kumaon. In his later years, he became an outspoken advocate of the nascent conservation movement. Born in Naini Tal, Corbett explored and hunted in the jungles of India in childhood. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Corbett is the 445th most popular writer (up from 2,657th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from India (up from 341st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Jim Corbett ranks 445 out of 7,302. Before him are Georges Bataille, Fausto Cercignani, Andrzej Sapkowski, Qu Yuan, Henri Barbusse, and Vuk Karadžić. After him are Raymond Chandler, Athenaeus, Henry James, Philip Larkin, Thomas De Quincey, and Philip Roth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Jim Corbett ranks 19. Before him are Mileva Marić, Gerd von Rundstedt, Marie of Romania, Albert I of Belgium, Mikhail Kalinin, and Henry Hallett Dale. After him are Vesto Slipher, Gilbert N. Lewis, John Buchan, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Thomas Burke. Among people deceased in 1955, Jim Corbett ranks 15. Before him are James B. Sumner, Alberto Ascari, Fernand Léger, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Helmuth Weidling, and António Egas Moniz. After him are Charlie Parker, Paul Claudel, Rodolfo Graziani, Maurice Utrillo, George Enescu, and Pak Hon-yong.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jim Corbett ranks 73 out of 1,861. Before him are Ghalib (1797), Bhāskara II (1114), Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Akbar II (1760), and Amartya Sen (1933). After him are Ibrahim Lodi (1450), Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), Gerald Durrell (1925), Tulsidas (1532), Savitribai Phule (1831), and Zubin Mehta (1936).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Jim Corbett ranks 9. Before him are Kālidāsa (400), Rudyard Kipling (1865), Valmiki (-80), Jaggi Vasudev (1957), Salman Rushdie (1947), and Ghalib (1797). After him are Tulsidas (1532), Savitribai Phule (1831), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Meera (1498), Premchand (1880), and Zeb-un-Nissa (1638).

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