1820 - 1878
Anna Sewell (; 30 March 1820 – 25 April 1878) was an English novelist who wrote the 1877 novel Black Beauty, her only published work. It is considered one of the top ten best-selling novels for children, although the author intended it for adults. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anna Sewell has received more than 545,352 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Anna Sewell is the 2,734th most popular writer (down from 2,193rd in 2019), the 2,074th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,679th in 2019) and the 236th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Anna Sewell ranks 2,734 out of 5,755. Before her are Syd Field, Karel Havlíček Borovský, Richard Bandler, Pierre Benoit, Labīd, and Samuel Smiles. After her are Pedro Salinas, Tang Xianzu, Ahron Daum, Sogyal Rinpoche, Gertrud von Le Fort, and Carlo Emilio Gadda.
1935 - 2013
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,728
1821 - 1856
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,729
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,730
1886 - 1962
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,731
560 - 661
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,732
1812 - 1904
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,733
1820 - 1878
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,734
1891 - 1951
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,735
1550 - 1616
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,736
1951 - 2018
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,737
1947 - 2019
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 2,738
1876 - 1971
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 2,739
1893 - 1973
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 2,740
Among people born in 1820, Anna Sewell ranks 39. Before her are Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Émile Augier, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Gustave Le Gray, Begum Hazrat Mahal, and Mirko Petrović-Njegoš. After her are Alexander Cartwright, Reinhart Dozy, Fanny Crosby, Sergey Solovyov, Pōmare III, and Cornelius Gurlitt. Among people deceased in 1878, Anna Sewell ranks 31. Before her are Carlo Blasis, Władysław Tarnowski, Mindon Min, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, Đura Jakšić, and Temistocle Solera. After her are Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Crawford Long, Karl Gutzkow, Mohammed bin Thani, Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, and George Cruikshank.
1820 - 1879
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 33
1820 - 1889
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 34
1820 - 1861
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 35
1820 - 1884
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 36
1820 - 1879
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 37
1820 - 1867
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 38
1820 - 1878
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 39
1820 - 1892
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 40
1820 - 1883
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 41
1820 - 1915
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 42
1820 - 1879
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 43
1820 - 1827
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 44
1820 - 1901
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 45
1797 - 1878
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 25
1836 - 1878
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 26
1808 - 1878
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 27
1797 - 1878
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 28
1832 - 1878
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 29
1815 - 1878
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 30
1820 - 1878
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 31
1813 - 1878
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 32
1815 - 1878
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 33
1811 - 1878
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 34
1788 - 1878
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 35
1796 - 1878
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 36
1792 - 1878
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 37
Among people born in United Kingdom, Anna Sewell ranks 2,074 out of 7,765. Before her are Chris Squire (1948), Barbara Hepworth (1903), Angela Carter (1940), William Hudson (1730), Peter Crouch (1981), and Samuel Smiles (1812). After her are William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Æthelfrith (600), Susannah York (1939), Basil Bernstein (1924), James Harrington (1611), and Kelly Brook (1979).
1948 - 2015
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 2,068
1903 - 1975
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 2,069
1940 - 1992
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 2,070
1730 - 1793
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 2,071
1981 - Present
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 2,072
1812 - 1904
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,073
1820 - 1878
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,074
1759 - 1834
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,075
600 - 616
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,076
1939 - 2011
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 2,077
1924 - 2000
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 2,078
1611 - 1677
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 2,079
1979 - Present
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2,080
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Anna Sewell ranks 236. Before her are David C. H. Austin (1926), Arnold Bennett (1867), Robert Burton (1577), Max Beerbohm (1872), Angela Carter (1940), and Samuel Smiles (1812). After her are John Wyndham (1903), David Gemmell (1948), Walter Pater (1839), Ouida (1839), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), and Edwin Arnold (1832).
1926 - 2018
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 230
1867 - 1931
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 231
1577 - 1640
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 232
1872 - 1956
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 233
1940 - 1992
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 234
1812 - 1904
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 235
1820 - 1878
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 236
1903 - 1969
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 237
1948 - 2006
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 238
1839 - 1894
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 239
1839 - 1908
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 240
1867 - 1901
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 241
1832 - 1904
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 242