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Reginald Hill

1936 - 2012

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Reginald Charles Hill FRSL (3 April 1936 – 12 January 2012) was an English crime writer and the winner in 1995 of the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. He was inducted into the prestigious Detection Club in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reginald Hill is the 6,407th most popular writer (down from 6,136th in 2019), the 5,689th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,081st in 2019) and the 635th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Reginald Hill ranks 6,407 out of 7,302. Before him are Linda Maria Baros, Joanna Baillie, Renate Dorrestein, Sonja Åkesson, Joel Barlow, and Kamel Daoud. After him are Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Alan Hollinghurst, William Empson, Robert Cormier, Michel Faber, and Oles Buzina.

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Among people born in 1936, Reginald Hill ranks 552. Before him are Mihály Fülöp, Peter Duesberg, Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky, Barbara Mikulski, Tommy Steele, and Billy Higgins. After him are Dave Allen, Sergio Navarro, Jackie Lewis, Rosemary Radford Ruether, James Bridges, and Sylvia Browne. Among people deceased in 2012, Reginald Hill ranks 453. Before him are Robert Hughes, Helen Gurley Brown, Dirk Bach, Mike Kelley, Arthur Jensen, and Philippe Bugalski. After him are Eduard Ivanov, Kitty Wells, Leslie Claudius, Alan McDonald, John Arden, and Dubravko Pavličić.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Reginald Hill ranks 5,691 out of 8,785. Before him are Jenny Beavan (1950), Ian Livingstone (1949), Barriemore Barlow (1949), Lionel Atwill (1885), Walter Chaffe (1870), and Henry Worsley (1960). After him are Danny Welbeck (1990), Peter Christopherson (1955), William Gott (1897), Roland Young (1887), A. H. Albut (null), and Hermione Gingold (1897).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Reginald Hill ranks 635. Before him are R. C. Sherriff (1896), Felicia Hemans (1793), Susan Hill (1942), John Addington Symonds (1840), Dick King-Smith (1922), and Joanna Baillie (1762). After him are Alan Hollinghurst (1954), William Empson (1906), Denise Levertov (1923), P. H. Newby (1918), Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), and John Gribbin (1946).

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