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E. W. Hornung

1866 - 1921

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. W. Hornung has received more than 175,103 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. E. W. Hornung is the 5,541st most popular writer, the 4,600th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 518th most popular British Writer.

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  • 180k

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

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  • 2.79

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, E. W. Hornung ranks 5,541 out of 5,755Before him are Ramsey Campbell, Marianne Williamson, P. C. Cast, Lyman Abbott, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Dina Rubina. After him are Olivia Manning, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Andy Weir, William Cobbett, Wendela Hebbe, and Patricia Wrightson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, E. W. Hornung ranks 132Before him are Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, Hiram Johnson, James Ewing, Ernest Mangnall, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, and Ole Østmo. After him are Matthew Henson, Saliamonas Banaitis, Albertson Van Zo Post, David Samanez Ocampo, and Jimmy Ross. Among people deceased in 1921, E. W. Hornung ranks 117Before him are Justiniano Borgoño, Philander C. Knox, Julius von Hann, Émile Champion, Charles B. Cory, and Antoinette Brown Blackwell. After him are James Gibbons, Léon Moreaux, Emily Davies, John Burroughs, and Con Leahy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, E. W. Hornung ranks 4,600 out of 7,765Before him are Ramsey Campbell (1946), Richey Edwards (1967), Peter Geach (1916), Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421), Serena Scott Thomas (1961), and Robert H. McNaught (1956). After him are Olivia Manning (1908), Alex Stepney (1942), Richard K. Guy (1916), Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842), William Cobbett (1763), and Patricia Quinn (1944).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, E. W. Hornung ranks 518Before him are John Masefield (1878), Jhumpa Lahiri (1967), Malcolm Gladwell (1963), Anne V. Coates (1925), Susan Cooper (1935), and Ramsey Campbell (1946). After him are Olivia Manning (1908), William Cobbett (1763), Andrew Davies (1936), Malcolm Bradbury (1932), Eliza Acton (1799), and Thomas Hood (1799).