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Alice Dunbar Nelson

1875 - 1935

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Alice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875 – September 18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation of African Americans born free in the Southern United States after the end of the American Civil War, she was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance. Her first husband was the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. After his death, she married physician Henry Arthur Callis and later was married to Robert J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alice Dunbar Nelson has received more than 204,157 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alice Dunbar Nelson is the 6,904th most popular writer, the 14,804th most popular biography from United States and the 1,063rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 200k

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  • 36.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alice Dunbar Nelson ranks 6,904 out of 7,302. Before her are Richard Flanagan, Kiran Desai, Ishmael Reed, Shobhaa De, Robert B. Spencer, and François Bégaudeau. After her are Paul Attanasio, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, David Nicholls, William Kamkwamba, Laurent Gaudé, and Natalya Vorozhbyt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Alice Dunbar Nelson ranks 199. Before her are Walter Middelberg, Rebeca Matte Bello, Mary McLeod Bethune, Charles Ericksen, J. Farrell MacDonald, and Charles Holden. After her is Frank Craven. Among people deceased in 1935, Alice Dunbar Nelson ranks 150. Before her are Leroy Carr, Adolphus Greely, Wiley Post, Ivar Otto Bendixson, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, and Edward Carson. After her is Jay Gould II.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alice Dunbar Nelson ranks 14,804 out of 20,380. Before her are Eddie Jones (1971), Daniel Sunjata (1971), Naked Cowboy (1970), Gracie Abrams (1999), Sam Cassell (1969), and Phoebe Snow (1950). After her are Bradley Joseph (1965), Mark Linkous (1962), Hobart Cavanaugh (1886), Carla Gallo (1975), Garrison Keillor (1942), and Richard R. Arnold (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alice Dunbar Nelson ranks 1,063. Before her are Raymond Benson (1955), Walter Jon Williams (1953), Susan Faludi (1959), Charles Krauthammer (1950), Ishmael Reed (1938), and Robert B. Spencer (1962). After her are Paul Attanasio (1959), Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1973), Mark Manson (1984), Sidney Lanier (1842), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), and K. A. Applegate (1956).

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