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Augusta, Lady Gregory

1852 - 1932

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Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (née Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short works for both companies. Lady Gregory produced a number of books of retellings of stories taken from Irish mythology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augusta, Lady Gregory has received more than 363,589 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Augusta, Lady Gregory is the 4,797th most popular writer (down from 3,941st in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 159th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Irish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Our Irish theatre
Accessible book, Biography, History
1913
Selected plays
Drama
1961
The Kiltartan poetry book
Translations into English, Irish literature, Translations from Irish
1918
A book of saints and wonders
Christian saints, Biography, Catholics
1906
Irish folk-history plays
Drama, Tales, Legends
1912
Gods and fighting men
Accessible book, Celtic Mythology, Heroes
1904

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Augusta, Lady Gregory ranks 4,797 out of 7,302. Before her are Ruth Maier, Hannah More, Myriam Harry, Ki no Tomonori, Gabriello Chiabrera, and Robert Bolt. After her are Zhang Jie, William Martin Leake, James Lee Burke, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Raymond Abellio, and Gáspár Heltai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Augusta, Lady Gregory ranks 100. Before her are Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, Lin Shu, Fulgence Bienvenüe, Theodore Robinson, Hans Huber, and Eilif Peterssen. After her are Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, Johan Ramstedt, Orest Khvolson, George Moore, Joseph Timchenko, and John Neville Keynes. Among people deceased in 1932, Augusta, Lady Gregory ranks 111. Before her are Constantin Coandă, Marcel Boulenger, Charles Winckler, Edward Marsh, Edgard Colle, and Émile Grumiaux. After her are Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Swarnakumari Devi, Albert Londres, Giuseppe Vitali, Ioannis Chrysafis, and René Bazin.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Augusta, Lady Gregory ranks 204 out of 549. Before her are Stephen Roche (1959), Nora Barnacle (1884), Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848), Alicia Boole Stott (1860), Richard Todd (1919), and Patrick Ryan (1881). After her are Sara Allgood (1879), Micheál Martin (1960), Alison Doody (1966), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), Hugh O'Flaherty (1898), and Larry Mullen Jr. (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Augusta, Lady Gregory ranks 33. Before her are Seán O'Casey (1880), Maeve Binchy (1939), William Trevor (1928), Colm Tóibín (1955), Richard Steele (1672), and Cecil Day-Lewis (1904). After her are George Moore (1852), John Connolly (1968), William McGonagall (1825), Michael Scott (1959), Eoin Colfer (1965), and Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776).

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