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Abigail Adams

1744 - 1818

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Abigail Adams (née Smith; November 22, [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She was a founder of the United States, and was both the first second lady and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women in American history who were both married to a U.S. president and the mother of a U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abigail Adams has received more than 4,291,884 page views. Her biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Abigail Adams is the 389th most popular companion (up from 411th in 2019), the 1,707th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,977th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Companion.

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  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

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  • 5.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Abigail Adams ranks 389 out of 784. Before her are Princess Marie of Orléans, Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Princess Marie of Orléans, Philippa of Hainault, Ermentrude of Orléans, and Marie of Hesse-Kassel. After her are Princess Helen of Serbia, Dulce of Aragon, Matilda of Frisia, Violant of Aragon, Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile, and Blanche of Valois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Abigail Adams ranks 8. Before her are Johann Gottfried Herder, Frederick William II of Prussia, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pierre Méchain, and Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg. After her are Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Conrad Moench, Giacomo Quarenghi, Elbridge Gerry, and Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos. Among people deceased in 1818, Abigail Adams ranks 15. Before her are Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Matthew Lewis, Paul Revere, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, and Alexandre Pétion. After her are Heinrich Füger, Warren Hastings, Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Marcello Bacciarelli, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, and Leopold Koželuch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abigail Adams ranks 1,707 out of 20,380. Before her are James Earl Ray (1928), Roberta Flack (1937), Robin Hobb (1952), Benjamin Bloom (1913), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), and Cardi B (1992). After her are Lisa Ann (1972), Sonny Bono (1935), Michael Biehn (1956), Chuck Yeager (1923), Robert Aldrich (1918), and Alfred Stieglitz (1864).

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Among COMPANIONS In United States

Among companions born in United States, Abigail Adams ranks 10. Before her are Rosalynn Carter (1927), Linda McCartney (1941), Martha Washington (1731), Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), Mamie Eisenhower (1896), and Pat Nixon (1912). After her are Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), Martha Jefferson (1748), Rachel Jackson (1767), Sarah Yorke Jackson (1803), and Karen Pence (1957).

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