WRITER

Archibald Gracie IV

1858 - 1912

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Archibald Gracie IV (January 15, 1858 – December 4, 1912) was an American writer, soldier, amateur historian, real estate investor, and passenger aboard RMS Titanic. Gracie survived the sinking of the Titanic by climbing aboard an overturned collapsible lifeboat and wrote a popular book about the disaster. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Archibald Gracie IV has received more than 1,112,963 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Archibald Gracie IV is the 2,299th most popular writer (down from 2,114th in 2019), the 2,887th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,756th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Archibald Gracie IV ranks 2,299 out of 7,302Before him are Jaan Kaplinski, Karlheinz Deschner, George Adamski, Phylarchus, Wieland Wagner, and Solomon Perel. After him are Drago Jančar, Pascal Quignard, Mouloud Feraoun, Stefan Żeromski, Edward FitzGerald, and Claudine Guérin de Tencin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Archibald Gracie IV ranks 63Before him are Joséphin Péladan, William Henry Pickering, Gustaf Kossinna, Ye Wanyong, Maximilien Luce, and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. After him are Jenő Hubay, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Emma Calvé, Medardo Rosso, E. Nesbit, and John A. Hobson. Among people deceased in 1912, Archibald Gracie IV ranks 52Before him are Thomas Byles, Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, Gustave de Molinari, Herman Bang, Jacques Futrelle, and Eduard Strasburger. After him are Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, Giovanni Pascoli, James S. Sherman, George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Allan Octavian Hume, and Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Archibald Gracie IV ranks 2,887 out of 20,380Before him are Duane Allman (1946), Zoë Wanamaker (1949), Frank Vincent (1939), Dyanne Thorne (1936), Harry Reems (1947), and Cannonball Adderley (1928). After him are Randy Rhoads (1956), Robert B. Wilson (1937), Coleman Hawkins (1904), Joe Rosenthal (1911), Kevin Peter Hall (1955), and Eunice Newton Foote (1819).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Archibald Gracie IV ranks 253Before him are Edward Bunker (1933), Fritz Leiber (1910), John W. Campbell (1910), Robert Ressler (1937), Harold Bloom (1930), and William Steig (1907). After him are August Derleth (1909), Mary Baker Eddy (1821), Terence McKenna (1946), Kathy Reichs (1948), William Peter Blatty (1928), and Terry Bisson (1942).