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Richard Aldington

1892 - 1962

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Richard Aldington (born Edward Godfree Aldington; 8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962) was an English writer and poet. He was an early associate of the Imagist movement. His 50-year writing career covered poetry, novels, criticism and biography. He edited The Egoist, a literary journal, and wrote for The Times Literary Supplement, Vogue, The Criterion, and Poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Aldington is the 2,133rd most popular writer (up from 2,329th in 2019), the 1,860th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,727th in 2019) and the 201st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Richard Aldington ranks 2,133 out of 7,302. Before him are Adnan Oktar, Lewis Mumford, Anyte of Tegea, Harold Bloom, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, and Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti. After him are Carl Zuckmayer, Cangrande I della Scala, Inger Christensen, Jón Arason, Joan Didion, and Lu Ji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Richard Aldington ranks 105. Before him are Agnes Smedley, Ivan Šubašić, Joseph Szigeti, Karl Lennart Oesch, Peljidiin Genden, and Charles Vanel. After him are Ludwig Crüwell, Chen Gongbo, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Reiner Stahel, Liu Bocheng, and Nikolai Polikarpov. Among people deceased in 1962, Richard Aldington ranks 71. Before him are E. E. Cummings, Poul Nielsen, Tod Browning, Erich von Tschermak, Henri Wallon, and Antoine Pevsner. After him are Enrico Mattei, Kirsten Flagstad, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Louis Massignon, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, and John Rimmer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Aldington ranks 1,860 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Young (1741), Alvin Lee (1944), Peter Collins (1931), David Jacobs (1888), William Murdoch (1754), and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884). After him are John Guillermin (1925), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), John Ball (1338), Elvis Costello (1954), Arthur Rackham (1867), and Lennox Lewis (1965).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard Aldington ranks 201. Before him are George MacDonald (1824), Frederick Marryat (1792), Christopher Isherwood (1904), Marjorie Boulton (1924), Kingsley Amis (1922), and Arthur Young (1741). After him are Brian Aldiss (1925), Terry Eagleton (1943), Christina Rossetti (1830), Richard Adams (1920), Martin Amis (1949), and Edward Young (1683).

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