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Julian Symons

1912 - 1994

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Julian Gustave Symons (originally Gustave Julian Symons, pronounced SIMM-ons; 30 May 1912 – 19 November 1994) was a British crime writer and poet. He also wrote social and military history, biography and studies of literature. He was born in Clapham, London, and died in Walmer, Kent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Julian Symons is the 6,055th most popular writer (down from 5,768th in 2024), the 5,081st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,510th in 2019) and the 553rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Julian Symons ranks 6,055 out of 7,302. Before him are Katri Vala, Danièle Sallenave, Mike Godwin, Darren Shan, Frances Wright, and Dmitry Gordon. After him are Kjell Ola Dahl, Saroo Brierley, Wolfgang Hohlbein, Jonathan Safran Foer, Cyril Collard, and Oscar Levertin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Julian Symons ranks 377. Before him are József Pálinkás, Machito, George Woodcock, Francesc Xavier Bultó, Erich Schmitt, and Joan Hartigan. After him are Alfred Schmalzer, Henry Jonsson, Lukas Ammann, Eleazar de Carvalho, Øivind Holmsen, and Art Mollner. Among people deceased in 1994, Julian Symons ranks 320. Before him are Dan Hartman, Dolly Haas, Parveen Shakir, Aleksandr Chakovsky, Rolf Jacobsen, and Arati Saha. After him are Stephen McNally, Jimmy Miller, Ivan Fuqua, John Curry, Eduard Kozynkevych, and Alain de Changy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Julian Symons ranks 5,083 out of 8,785. Before him are Frances Wright (1795), Sam Tingle (1921), Edd China (1971), Barbara Shelley (1932), John Castle (1940), and Don McCullin (1935). After him are Jermain Defoe (1982), William Beechey (1753), Tony Rolt (1918), Ethel Muckelt (1885), Moira Shearer (1926), and Donald Campbell (1921).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Julian Symons ranks 553. Before him are Thomas Heywood (1574), Thomas Warton (1728), Edmund Gosse (1849), Ali Smith (1962), Darren Shan (1972), and Frances Wright (1795). After him are Anthony Powell (1905), Mary Lamb (1764), Hugh Blair (1718), Dora Marsden (1882), Stella Gibbons (1902), and Emilia Lanier (1569).

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