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Lobsang Rampa

1910 - 1981

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Lobsang Rampa was the pen name of Cyril Henry Hoskin (8 April 1910 – 25 January 1981), an English author who wrote books with paranormal and occult themes. His best known work is The Third Eye, published in Britain in 1956. Following the publication of the book, newspapers reported that Rampa had been born Cyril Henry Hoskin, and was a surgical fitter, the son of a plumber from Plympton in Devon, who claimed that his body hosted the spirit of a Tibetan lama going by the name of Tuesday Lobsang Rampa, who is purported to have authored the books. The name Tuesday relates to a claim in The Third Eye that Tibetans are named after the day of the week on which they were born. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lobsang Rampa is the 1,321st most popular writer (down from 1,268th in 2019), the 1,183rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 953rd in 2019) and the 127th most popular British Writer.

Lobsang Rampa is most famous for being the birthplace of the Dalai Lama, but it is also a sacred place for Tibetan Buddhists.

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Among writers, Lobsang Rampa ranks 1,321 out of 7,302. Before him are Dylan Thomas, Anthony Bourdain, Robert Merle, Bhartṛhari, Adam Oehlenschläger, and Ivan Vazov. After him are Polyaenus, Emmanuelle Arsan, Natalie Clifford Barney, Lu Yu, Abu Tammam, and Samuel R. Delany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Lobsang Rampa ranks 64. Before him are Farid al-Atrash, August Landmesser, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Dorothy Vaughan, Miguel Najdorf, and Shunichi Kumai. After him are Galina Ulanova, A. J. Ayer, Ferdinand Daučík, Kim Il, John Sturges, and Imi Lichtenfeld. Among people deceased in 1981, Lobsang Rampa ranks 44. Before him are Mehmet Shehu, Will Durant, David Wechsler, Benjamin Sheares, Leo Kanner, and Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark. After him are Karl Richter, Frances Yates, Alberto Suppici, Marcel Bezençon, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and Bill Shankly.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lobsang Rampa ranks 1,183 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), Bob Klose (1945), Andy Serkis (1964), Oldfield Thomas (1858), Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), and Benedict Cumberbatch (1976). After him are Charles George Gordon (1833), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), Francis Walsingham (1532), Richard J. Roberts (1943), Francis Lee (1944), and John McAfee (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Lobsang Rampa ranks 127. Before him are Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), John William Polidori (1795), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Michael Jackson (1942), Arthur Hailey (1920), and Dylan Thomas (1914). After him are Barbara Cartland (1901), Ken Robinson (1950), David C. H. Austin (1926), Robert Browning (1812), P. D. James (1920), and E. L. James (1963).

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