WRITER

Fanny Crosby

1820 - 1915

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Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. She was a prolific hymnist, writing more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs, with more than 100 million copies printed. She is also known for her teaching and her rescue mission work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fanny Crosby has received more than 1,455,962 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Fanny Crosby is the 3,366th most popular writer (down from 3,009th in 2019), the 4,274th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,936th in 2019) and the 357th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fanny Crosby ranks 3,366 out of 7,302. Before her are Gunnar Heiberg, Bharatendu Harishchandra, Hồ Xuân Hương, Vera Brittain, Cristina Peri Rossi, and Anar Rzayev. After her are Rutebeuf, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Willibald Pirckheimer, Daniel Guérin, Gunilla Bergström, and Viktor Astafyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Fanny Crosby ranks 48. Before her are Cornelius Gurlitt, Josef Mánes, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Anna Sewell, Mkrtich Khrimian, and Ghevont Alishan. After her are Thuwaini bin Said, Arvid Posse, György Klapka, Pōmare III, Georg Curtius, and Concepción Arenal. Among people deceased in 1915, Fanny Crosby ranks 70. Before her are Eugène Jansson, Serafino Vannutelli, Ruben Sevak, Emil Rathenau, Morgan Robertson, and Stojan Novaković. After her are Booker T. Washington, Pascual Orozco, Louis Pergaud, Daniel Giraud Elliot, Tevfik Fikret, and Luigi Capuana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fanny Crosby ranks 4,274 out of 20,380. Before her are Julia Robinson (1919), David Del Tredici (1937), Tommy Mottola (1949), Roseanne Barr (1952), Julie London (1926), and W. S. Van Dyke (1889). After her are Burt Kennedy (1922), Amber Lynn (1964), Minnie Riperton (1947), J. J. Johnson (1924), Lesley Ann Warren (1946), and Tony Todd (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Fanny Crosby ranks 357. Before her are Willa Cather (1873), Wallace Stevens (1879), Douglas Preston (1956), Robert McKee (1941), Morgan Robertson (1861), and Rose Wilder Lane (1886). After her are Spencer Johnson (1938), David Eddings (1931), Joyce Meyer (1943), Booker T. Washington (1856), Betty Mahmoody (1945), and Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947).

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