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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 229,408 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Eliza Acton is the 5,060th most popular writer (up from 5,537th in 2019), the 3,733rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,621st in 2019) and the 425th most popular British Writer.

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  • 47.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eliza Acton ranks 5,060 out of 7,302. Before her are Frank O'Hara, Roger Vercel, Jean Cassou, Kama Sywor Kamanda, Béatrix Beck, and José Eustasio Rivera. After her are Ángel Ganivet, Stijn Streuvels, Álvares de Azevedo, León Felipe, Edwin Atherstone, and Heinrich Laube.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, Eliza Acton ranks 53. Before her are Amos Bronson Alcott, Frederick Catherwood, William Rutter Dawes, James Prinsep, Edward Belcher, and Henry Monnier. After her are George Finlay, František Čelakovský, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, Jean Baptiste Boisduval, Avdotia Istomina, and David Douglas. Among people deceased in 1859, Eliza Acton ranks 54. Before her are William H. Prescott, Thomas Horsfield, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Prince William of Baden, José Miguel de Velasco Franco, and Heinrich Zollinger. After her are Juan Bautista Ceballos, David Cox, Thomas Nuttall, Sydney, Lady Morgan, Bakht Khan, and Leigh Hunt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eliza Acton ranks 3,733 out of 8,785. Before her are James Steuart (1712), Barbara Windsor (1937), Winifred McNair (1877), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Joseph Thomson (1858), and William Thomas Blanford (1832). After her are Captain Tom (1920), George Finlay (1799), Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), Angela Mortimer (1932), Jeremy Wade (1956), and Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eliza Acton ranks 425. Before her are Eleanor Farjeon (1881), Margery Kempe (1373), Margery Allingham (1904), Michael Hirst (1952), Joyce Mansour (1928), and John Gower (1330). After her are Edwin Atherstone (1788), Cynewulf (900), Tanith Lee (1947), Max Beerbohm (1872), William Davenant (1606), and George Borrow (1803).

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