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Dorothy Richardson

1873 - 1957

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Dorothy Miller Richardson (17 May 1873 – 17 June 1957) was a British author and journalist. Author of Pilgrimage, a sequence of 13 semi-autobiographical novels published between 1915 and 1967—though Richardson saw them as chapters of one work—she was one of the earliest modernist novelists to use stream of consciousness as a narrative technique. Richardson also emphasises in Pilgrimage the importance and distinct nature of female experiences. The title Pilgrimage alludes not only to "the journey of the artist ... Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Dorothy Richardson is the 6,293rd most popular writer (down from 6,259th in 2024), the 5,472nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,299th in 2019) and the 601st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Dorothy Richardson ranks 6,293 out of 7,302. Before her are Ian McDonald, Charles Eastman, Cressida Cowell, David McKee, Asma Barlas, and Albrecht Behmel. After her are Jack McDevitt, Georgi Vladimov, Anne-Marie Garat, Vittorio Arrigoni, Michal Šanda, and Kathleen Raine.

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Among people born in 1873, Dorothy Richardson ranks 200. Before her are Enoch Sontonga, Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Frederick Merriman, Charles Clary, Herbert Roper Barrett, and Dmitry Ushakov. After her are Robert Wrenn, Ellen Glasgow, Sara Josephine Baker, Alfred Bowerman, John W. Davis, and Leo Amery. Among people deceased in 1957, Dorothy Richardson ranks 219. Before her are Clarence Walker, Judy Tyler, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Bedřich Šupčík, Joyce Cary, and Keith Andrews. After her are Nico Bouvy, Nils Silfverskiöld, Herbert MacKay-Fraser, Gene Lockhart, Leo Goodwin, and Billy Bevan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dorothy Richardson ranks 5,474 out of 8,785. Before her are Nick Lowe (1949), John Whitehurst (1713), Laura Fraser (1976), Philippa Marrack (1945), Tony Curran (1969), and Roger C. Field (1945). After her are Juno Temple (1989), Maurice Norman (1934), Richie Faulkner (1980), Mary Rand (1940), Annie Speirs (1889), and Angela Mortimer (1932).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dorothy Richardson ranks 601. Before her are Margaret Drabble (1939), Henry Vaughan (1621), Margaret Oliphant (1828), Ian McDonald (1960), Cressida Cowell (1966), and David McKee (1935). After her are Kathleen Raine (1908), Chris Claremont (1950), Richard K. Morgan (1965), Polly Samson (1962), Brian Stableford (1948), and Hammond Innes (1913).

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