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Dinah Craik

1826 - 1887

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Dinah Maria Craik (; born Dinah Maria Mulock, often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik; 20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She wrote the novel, John Halifax, Gentleman, which presents the mid-Victorian ideals of English middle-class life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Dinah Craik is the 6,635th most popular writer (down from 6,546th in 2024), the 6,123rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,849th in 2019) and the 684th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Dinah Craik ranks 6,635 out of 7,302. Before her are Virginia Hamilton, Kunzang Choden, Nele Neuhaus, Stanley Kunitz, Patrick Kavanagh, and Chen Danqing. After her are Kang Chol-hwan, Justin Cronin, Swami Rama, Michael Pollan, David Malouf, and Olga Slavnikova.

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Among people born in 1826, Dinah Craik ranks 66. Before her are Matvey Gusev, José Eusebio Otalora, Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl, Emily Blackwell, John Buford, and Henry John Stephen Smith. After her is Varina Davis. Among people deceased in 1887, Dinah Craik ranks 66. Before her are Balfour Stewart, Albert Parsons, Elihu B. Washburne, Henry Ward Beecher, Robert M. T. Hunter, and Daniel Manning.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dinah Craik ranks 6,125 out of 8,785. Before her are Ronnie Allen (1929), Nathaniel Phillips (1997), Beatie Edney (1962), Peter Noone (1947), Joe Joyce (1985), and Brian Labone (1940). After her are Joyce Redman (1915), Leslie Thorne (1916), Andrew Parrott (1947), James Callis (1971), Gary Bailey (1958), and Pip Torrens (1960).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dinah Craik ranks 684. Before her are Ann Oakley (1944), Thomas Shadwell (1642), Catherine Cookson (1906), William Collins (1721), Derek Taylor (1932), and Alfred Austin (1835). After her are Charles Stross (1964), Stanley Middleton (1919), Conn Iggulden (1971), Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802), Lady Gabriella Kingston (1981), and Mary Russell Mitford (1787).

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