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Ethel Voynich

1864 - 1960

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Ethel Lilian Voynich (née Boole; 11 May 1864 – 27 July 1960) was an Irish-born novelist and musician, and a supporter of several revolutionary causes. She was born in Cork, but grew up in Lancashire, England. Voynich was a significant figure, not only on the late Victorian literary scene, but also in Russian émigré circles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ethel Voynich has received more than 176,983 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ethel Voynich is the 1,100th most popular writer (down from 860th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 34th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Irish Writer.

Ethel Voynich is most famous for the Voynich Manuscript, a handwritten book that has been carbon dated to the early 15th century. The book has never been deciphered and it's unknown what language it is written in.

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  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.06

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ethel Voynich ranks 1,100 out of 5,755. Before her are Andrei Bely, Thomas Chatterton, Pierre Larousse, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Lü Dongbin. After her are Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Martin Andersen Nexø, Alcman, Zenodotus, and Lao She.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Ethel Voynich ranks 37. Before her are Nicholas Marr, Paul Sérusier, Johan Halvorsen, Li Yuanhong, Branislav Nušić, and Princess Zorka of Montenegro. After her are Andrej Hlinka, Alfred Redl, Joseph Bédier, Draga Mašin, Eugen d'Albert, and Jakob von Uexküll. Among people deceased in 1960, Ethel Voynich ranks 27. Before her are Ernst von Dohnányi, Héctor Castro, Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Walter Baade, and Felix Kersten. After her are Friedrich Adler, Ida Rubinstein, Henri Guisan, Hugo Alfvén, Victor Klemperer, and Mack Sennett.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Ethel Voynich ranks 47 out of 501. Before her are Dolores O'Riordan (1971), Bertie Ahern (1951), Columba (521), Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Brendan Gleeson (1955), and Richard Cantillon (1680). After her are John Tyndall (1820), Maureen O'Hara (1920), Harald Gille (1103), Ernest Walton (1903), John Toland (1670), and Thomas Moore (1779).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Ethel Voynich ranks 12. Before her are Bram Stoker (1847), W. B. Yeats (1865), Laurence Sterne (1713), Joseph Murphy (1898), Saint Gall (550), and Iris Murdoch (1919). After her are Thomas Moore (1779), Christy Brown (1932), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Charles Maturin (1780), Oliver Goldsmith (1728), and Patrick Pearse (1879).

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