WRITER

Booker T. Washington

1856 - 1915

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Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite. Born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Hale's Ford, Virginia, Washington was freed when U.S. troops reached the area during the Civil War. As a young man, Booker T. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Booker T. Washington has received more than 7,780,646 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Booker T. Washington is the 3,434th most popular writer (down from 2,856th in 2019), the 4,377th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,731st in 2019) and the 361st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The future of the American Negro
African Americans, Afro-Americans, Accessible book
1899
Up from slavery
Tuskegee Institute, Biography, Educators
Booker T. Washington, the most recognized national leader, orator and educator, emerged from slavery in the deep south, to work for the betterment of African Americans in the post Reconstruction period. "Up From Slavery" is an autobiography of Booker T. Washington's life and work, which has been the source of inspiration for all Americans. Washington reveals his inner most thoughts as he transitions from ex-slave to teacher and founder of one of the most important schools for African Americans in the south, The Tuskegee Industrial Institute.
1900
Working with the hands
Tuskegee Institute, Accessible book, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
1904
Tuskegee & its people
Tuskegee Institute, Accessible book, Tuskegee Institute. [from old catalog]
1905
The story of the Negro
History, African Americans, Slavery
1909
Frederick Douglass
Biography, African American abolitionists, Abolitionists
1906

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Booker T. Washington ranks 3,434 out of 7,302. Before him are Bing Xin, Mikhail Prishvin, Natallia Arsiennieva, René Barjavel, Erik Gustaf Geijer, and Nobuko Yoshiya. After him are Betty Mahmoody, Robert Kerr, Alberto Savinio, Nikola Vaptsarov, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, and Andrey Piontkovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Booker T. Washington ranks 76. Before him are Semyon Alapin, Wojciech Kossak, Vasily Rozanov, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, Robert Kajanus, and Giuseppe Martucci. After him are Yu Kil-chun, Felix Mottl, Franz Roubaud, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, and Louis Brandeis. Among people deceased in 1915, Booker T. Washington ranks 71. Before him are Serafino Vannutelli, Ruben Sevak, Emil Rathenau, Morgan Robertson, Stojan Novaković, and Fanny Crosby. After him are Pascual Orozco, Louis Pergaud, Daniel Giraud Elliot, Tevfik Fikret, Luigi Capuana, and Rupert Brooke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Booker T. Washington ranks 4,377 out of 20,380. Before him are Scott Bradley (1891), Benny Carter (1907), Patty Duke (1946), Wilson Bentley (1865), Charlie Christian (1916), and Jon Cryer (1965). After him are Helen Levitt (1913), Eileen Brennan (1932), Cathy Berberian (1925), Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941), Roy Thinnes (1938), and Betty Mahmoody (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Booker T. Washington ranks 361. Before him are Morgan Robertson (1861), Rose Wilder Lane (1886), Fanny Crosby (1820), Spencer Johnson (1938), David Eddings (1931), and Joyce Meyer (1943). After him are Betty Mahmoody (1945), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Peter Straub (1943), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), and Bell hooks (1952).

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