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Anna J. Cooper

1858 - 1964

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Anna Julia Cooper (née Haywood; August 10, 1858 – February 27, 1964) was an American author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black liberation activist, Black feminist leader, and one of the most prominent African-American scholars in United States history. Although born enslaved, Cooper pursued higher education at Oberlin College in Ohio, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1884 and a master's degree in mathematics in 1887. At the age of sixty-six, she completed her PhD at the Sorbonne University in Paris, making her the fourth African American woman to earn a PhD. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anna J. Cooper has received more than 470,904 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Anna J. Cooper is the 6,022nd most popular writer (down from 5,630th in 2019), the 9,864th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,004th in 2019) and the 744th most popular American Writer.

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  • 470k

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  • 51.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anna J. Cooper ranks 6,022 out of 7,302. Before her are Rebecca Solnit, Luiza Pesjak, Leïla Slimani, Chingiz Abdullayev, Nella Larsen, and Šatrijos Ragana. After her are Dick Cavett, Andy Weir, Charles Le Goffic, Sarah Trimmer, Penelope Lively, and Karin Alvtegen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Anna J. Cooper ranks 140. Before her are Tom Clarke, Edgeworth David, Mary Harrison McKee, José Luis Tamayo, George Washington Goethals, and Zdenka Braunerová. After her are Joseph DeCamp, Charles Eastman, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, Harry Johnston, Katharine Drexel, and Henry Watson Fowler. Among people deceased in 1964, Anna J. Cooper ranks 193. Before her are Stuart Davis, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, Milton Margai, Lucky Dube, Diana Wynyard, and Nella Larsen. After her are James Chapin, Edward Van Sloan, Adele Goldstine, Gracie Allen, Branislav Hrnjiček, and C. I. Lewis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anna J. Cooper ranks 9,864 out of 20,380. Before her are Valerie Brisco-Hooks (1960), Nella Larsen (1891), Richard Rush (1780), Pamela Bellwood (1951), Harvey Kurtzman (1924), and Neal Morse (1960). After her are Walter Bahr (1927), Aldo Donelli (1907), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Alison Brie (1982), Elihu B. Washburne (1816), and Dick Cavett (1936).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Anna J. Cooper ranks 744. Before her are Arthur Laurents (1917), Larry Kramer (1935), Robert Coover (1932), Jacob Abbott (1803), Rebecca Solnit (1961), and Nella Larsen (1891). After her are Dick Cavett (1936), Andy Weir (1972), Scott Turow (1949), Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Crane Wilbur (1886), and Armistead Maupin (1944).

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