WRITER

Ronald Firbank

1886 - 1926

Ronald Firbank

Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank (17 January 1886 – 21 May 1926) was an innovative English novelist. His eight short novels, partly inspired by the London aesthetes of the 1890s, especially Oscar Wilde, consist largely of dialogue, with references to religion, social-climbing, and sexuality. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ronald Firbank is the 6,661st most popular writer (down from 6,238th in 2019), the 6,209th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,261st in 2019) and the 689th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Ronald Firbank ranks 6,661 out of 7,302. Before him are Lady Gabriella Kingston, Mary Russell Mitford, Philip Levine, Tim Kring, Peter Hitchens, and Jon Lee Anderson. After him are Sue Monk Kidd, Woeser, Arthur Kopit, John Stossel, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, and George Clayton Johnson.

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Lady Gabriella Kingston
1981 - Present
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 6,655
Mary Russell Mitford
1787 - 1855
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 6,656
Philip Levine
1928 - 2015
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 6,657
Tim Kring
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 6,658
Peter Hitchens
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 6,659
Jon Lee Anderson
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 6,660
Ronald Firbank
1886 - 1926
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 6,661
Sue Monk Kidd
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 6,662
Woeser
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 6,663
Arthur Kopit
1937 - 2021
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 6,664
John Stossel
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 6,665
Lisa Brennan-Jobs
1978 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 6,666
George Clayton Johnson
1929 - 2015
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 6,667

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Ronald Firbank ranks 303. Before him are Rudolf Degermark, Sam Langford, Clarence Birdseye, Luis Alberni, Nellie Sengupta, and John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever. After him are Gus Kahn, Maggie Laubser, Hobart Cavanaugh, Rameshwari Nehru, Virginia Pearson, and Tommy Gorman. Among people deceased in 1926, Ronald Firbank ranks 123. Before him are Sidney Lee, Patrick Leahy, Annie Speirs, Charles Marion Russell, Wesley Coe, and Tom Forman. After him are Alton B. Parker, and John W. Weeks.

Others Born in 1886

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Rudolf Degermark
GYMNAST
1886 - 1960
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 297
Sam Langford
BOXER
1886 - 1956
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 298
Clarence Birdseye
INVENTOR
1886 - 1956
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 299
Luis Alberni
ACTOR
1886 - 1962
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 300
Nellie Sengupta
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1973
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 301
John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1971
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 302
Ronald Firbank
WRITER
1886 - 1926
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 303
Gus Kahn
COMPOSER
1886 - 1941
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 304
Maggie Laubser
PAINTER
1886 - 1973
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 305
Hobart Cavanaugh
ACTOR
1886 - 1950
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 306
Rameshwari Nehru
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1886 - 1966
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 307
Virginia Pearson
ACTOR
1886 - 1958
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 308
Tommy Gorman
ATHLETE
1886 - 1961
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 309