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Felicia Hemans

1793 - 1835

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Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 – 16 May 1835) was an English poet (who identified as Welsh by adoption). Regarded as the leading female poet of her day, Hemans was immensely popular during her lifetime in both England and the United States, and was second only to Lord Byron in terms of sales. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Felicia Hemans has received more than 229,705 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Felicia Hemans is the 6,495th most popular writer, the 5,763rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 656th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Felicia Hemans ranks 6,495 out of 7,302. Before her are Gerbrand Bakker, Norman Podhoretz, Véronique Tadjo, Tracy Hickman, João W. Nery, and Sue Monk Kidd. After her are William Kennedy, Lionel Trilling, Lidija Dimkovska, Vachel Lindsay, Ogden Nash, and John Arden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Felicia Hemans ranks 56. Before her are José Ignacio de Márquez, Robert Edmond Grant, Manuel Menéndez, Thomas Doughty, Eliphalet Remington, and Charles Lock Eastlake. After her are Henry Schoolcraft, Edward Bates, and John Slidell. Among people deceased in 1835, Felicia Hemans ranks 38. Before her are Wenzel Müller, Gilbert Thomas Burnett, James Hogg, Thomas Hardwicke, Kazimierz Brodziński, and William Cobbett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Felicia Hemans ranks 5,763 out of 8,785. Before her are Lynn Davies (1942), John Oxley (1785), Walter Donaldson (1907), Imogen Poots (1989), Barbara Burke (1917), and James Abbott (1807). After her are Alan McManus (1971), Magda Szubanski (1961), Trevor Nunn (1940), Kim Tae-gyun (null), William Gott (1897), and Mirabehn (1892).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Felicia Hemans ranks 656. Before her are David Seidler (1937), John Suckling (1609), Mark Akenside (1721), Sabine Baring-Gould (1834), Walter Besant (1836), and Angus Wilson (1913). After her are John Arden (1930), Jasper Fforde (1961), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), John Lydgate (1370), Sidney Lee (1859), and Charles Stross (1964).

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