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Elizabeth Inchbald

1753 - 1821

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Elizabeth Inchbald (née Simpson, 15 October 1753 – 1 August 1821) was an English novelist, actress, dramatist, and translator. Her two novels, A Simple Story and Nature and Art, have received particular critical attention. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Elizabeth Inchbald is the 6,521st most popular writer (up from 6,526th in 2024), the 5,908th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,804th in 2019) and the 660th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Elizabeth Inchbald ranks 6,521 out of 7,302. Before her are Klas Östergren, Naomi Mitchison, Andrew Kevin Walker, Chiaki J. Konaka, Anderson Cooper, and Peter Wohlleben. After her are João W. Nery, Kim Leine, Caryl Churchill, Alyson Noël, Elisabetta Gnone, and Kathrin Schmidt.

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Among people born in 1753, Elizabeth Inchbald ranks 47. Before her are François Levaillant, Nikolay Lvov, James McHenry, William Beechey, William Roscoe, and William Eustis.  Among people deceased in 1821, Elizabeth Inchbald ranks 35. Before her are Elizabeth Ann Seton, Georg Friedrich von Martens, Carlo Porta, John Hunter, Heinrich Kuhl, and John Crome. After her is John Rennie the Elder.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Inchbald ranks 5,910 out of 8,785. Before her are Richard Seddon (1845), Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954), James Newman (1985), Iain Pears (1955), Alan Minter (1951), and Alan Bush (1900). After her are Caryl Churchill (1938), John Stones (1994), Keith Devlin (1947), George Butterworth (1885), Lawrence Hargrave (1850), and C. B. K. Beachcroft (1870).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Inchbald ranks 660. Before her are Compton Mackenzie (1883), Michael Rosen (1946), Saunders Lewis (1893), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Walter Besant (1836), and Naomi Mitchison (1897). After her are Caryl Churchill (1938), Angie Sage (1952), Mo Hayder (1962), Rose Tremain (1943), Edward St Aubyn (1960), and Henry Green (1905).

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