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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 1,346,926 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Fanny Crosby is the 3,020th most popular writer (down from 2,871st in 2019), the 3,947th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,676th in 2019) and the 353rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fanny Crosby ranks 3,020 out of 5,755. Before her are Judith Gautier, Sohrab Sepehri, Juan Pablo Bonet, Howard Pyle, María Kodama, and James Rollins. After her are Victor Segalen, Rahman Baba, Josef Jungmann, Gu Yanwu, Marie-Claire Blais, and Robert M. Pirsig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Fanny Crosby ranks 42. Before her are Gustave Le Gray, Begum Hazrat Mahal, Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, Anna Sewell, Alexander Cartwright, and Reinhart Dozy. After her are Sergey Solovyov, Pōmare III, Cornelius Gurlitt, Arvid Posse, Mkrtich Khrimian, and Alexander Serov. Among people deceased in 1915, Fanny Crosby ranks 60. Before her are Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, Arthur Hughes, Pierre-Émile Martin, Daniel Varoujan, Booker T. Washington, and Eugène Jansson. After her are Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Serafino Vannutelli, Elbert Hubbard, Ruben Sevak, Rupert Brooke, and Stojan Novaković.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fanny Crosby ranks 3,947 out of 18,182. Before her are Howard Pyle (1853), Armand Hammer (1898), Eunice Newton Foote (1819), James Rollins (1961), Nancy Kelly (1921), and Alfred Worden (1932). After her are B. J. Thomas (1942), Lyndon LaRouche (1922), Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944), David Janssen (1931), Tommy Dorsey (1905), and Jennifer Lee (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Fanny Crosby ranks 353. Before her are Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), Douglas Preston (1956), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Robert McKee (1941), Howard Pyle (1853), and James Rollins (1961). After her are Robert M. Pirsig (1928), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), Glen Cook (1944), Robert Bly (1926), Charles Grandison Finney (1792), and Glen A. Larson (1937).

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