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Eliza Acton

1799 - 1859

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Eliza Acton (17 April 1799 – 13 February 1859) was an English food writer and poet who produced one of Britain's first cookery books aimed at the domestic reader, Modern Cookery for Private Families. The book introduced the now-universal practice of listing ingredients and giving suggested cooking times for each recipe. It included the first recipes in English for Brussels sprouts and for spaghetti. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eliza Acton has received more than 213,231 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Eliza Acton is the 5,556th most popular writer, the 4,631st most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 523rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 210k

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  • 42.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among writers, Eliza Acton ranks 5,556 out of 5,755. Before her are Bess Meredyth, Javed Akhtar, Mulk Raj Anand, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Andrew Davies, and Malcolm Bradbury. After her are Thomas Hood, Kaifi Azmi, Barbara Frischmuth, Margaret Oliphant, Elizabeth F. Ellet, and José Jiménez Lozano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, Eliza Acton ranks 55. Before her are William Rutter Dawes, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, George Arnott Walker-Arnott, Avdotia Istomina, David Douglas, and Samuel George Morton. After her are Thomas Hood, Titian Peale, and Simon Cameron. Among people deceased in 1859, Eliza Acton ranks 56. Before her are Thomas Horsfield, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Thomas Nuttall, Leigh Hunt, Juan Bautista Ceballos, and Charles Hamilton Smith. After her are Richard Rush, David Cox, and George M. Bibb.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eliza Acton ranks 4,631 out of 7,765. Before her are Andrew Davies (1936), Rod Temperton (1949), Chris Menges (1940), Catherine Booth (1829), George Gilbert Scott (1811), and Malcolm Bradbury (1932). After her are Abraham Beame (1906), Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781), Hannah Murray (1989), Paul Jones (1942), Thomas Hood (1799), and Harry Melling (1989).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eliza Acton ranks 523. Before her are Ramsey Campbell (1946), E. W. Hornung (1866), Olivia Manning (1908), William Cobbett (1763), Andrew Davies (1936), and Malcolm Bradbury (1932). After her are Thomas Hood (1799), Margaret Oliphant (1828), Brian Moore (1921), Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Roma Ryan (1950), and Edmund Gosse (1849).

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