WRITER

Elbert Hubbard

1856 - 1915

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Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elbert Hubbard has received more than 825,377 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Elbert Hubbard is the 4,024th most popular writer (down from 3,177th in 2019), the 5,257th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,177th in 2019) and the 430th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 830k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A message to Garcia
Success, Spanish-American War, 1898, Conduct of life
1899
A Message to Garcia
1899
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great
2003
Little journeys to the homes of English authors
English Authors, Homes and haunts, English literature
1899
Little journeys to the homes of great teachers
Pythagoras and Pythagorean school, Teachers, Biography
1908
Little journeys ..
Accessible book, Homes and haunts, American Statesmen
1898

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elbert Hubbard ranks 4,024 out of 7,302. Before her are Ricardo Palma, Lajos Bíró, Ludvík Vaculík, Eno Raud, Syd Field, and Boualem Sansal. After her are Dagmar Lange, José Cadalso, Murray Leinster, Anita Brookner, Katherine Paterson, and Bernardus Silvestris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Elbert Hubbard ranks 88. Before her are Louis Brandeis, André Gedalge, Luigi Bianchi, Matilde Serao, Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, and Aleksander Brückner. After her are Apollinary Vasnetsov, James Buchanan Duke, Ernesto Schiaparelli, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, Władysław Ślewiński, and Edmund Beecher Wilson. Among people deceased in 1915, Elbert Hubbard ranks 84. Before her are Siamanto, Karl Staaff, Raffaello Giovagnoli, Otto von Emmich, Paul Eyschen, and Stanisław Witkiewicz. After her are Krikor Zohrab, Frank James, Jerzy Żuławski, Richard Lydekker, Friedrich Hasenöhrl, and Pyotr Durnovo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elbert Hubbard ranks 5,257 out of 20,380. Before her are Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), Ann Dowd (1956), Gordon Douglas (1907), Pat McCormick (1930), Syd Field (1935), and Zachary Quinto (1977). After her are Jessica Drake (1974), Jean Hagen (1923), Hal Roach (1892), Eric Johnson (1954), Mae Jemison (1956), and Murray Leinster (1896).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elbert Hubbard ranks 430. Before her are Maxwell Anderson (1888), Ralph Ellison (1914), Tad Williams (1957), Melissa Mathison (1950), Lloyd Alexander (1924), and Syd Field (1935). After her are Murray Leinster (1896), Russell Banks (1940), V. C. Andrews (1923), Bret Harte (1836), James Redfield (1950), and E. B. White (1899).

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