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Frances Burney

1752 - 1840

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Frances Burney (13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840), also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786–1790 she held the post of "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's queen. In 1793, aged 41, she married a French exile, General Alexandre d'Arblay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frances Burney has received more than 542,225 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Frances Burney is the 3,250th most popular writer (up from 3,539th in 2019), the 2,352nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,618th in 2019) and the 268th most popular British Writer.

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  • 540k

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  • 58.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frances Burney ranks 3,250 out of 7,302. Before her are Frédéric Beigbeder, Francišak Bahuševič, Jules Vallès, Hedwig Dohm, Edward Bellamy, and Kekaumenos. After her are Gabriela Zapolska, Manès Sperber, Claude Bourgelat, Kosta Khetagurov, Kan Kikuchi, and Gregory Benford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, Frances Burney ranks 27. Before her are Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Torii Kiyonaga, Anton Walter, Alexander Tormasov, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Johann Friedrich Reichardt. After her are Maurice d'Elbée, François Isaac de Rivaz, Albrecht Thaer, Antonio Scarpa, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, and Barnaba Oriani. Among people deceased in 1840, Frances Burney ranks 31. Before her are Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Marcellin Champagnat, John Cockerill, Karl Otfried Müller, and Johann Michael Vogl. After her are Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, Carl Blechen, Sidney Smith, Franz Meyen, and Constantine Samuel Rafinesque.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frances Burney ranks 2,352 out of 8,785. Before her are Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), Arnold Bennett (1867), Cuthred of Wessex (750), Paul Johnson (1928), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), and Phil Taylor (1954). After her are Snowy White (1948), Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham (1458), Alex Higgins (1949), John Owen (1616), and Phil Read (1939).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Frances Burney ranks 268. Before her are Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Ephraim Chambers (1680), Hilary Mantel (1952), Ford Madox Ford (1873), Arnold Bennett (1867), and Paul Johnson (1928). After her are John Brunner (1934), Peter Mayle (1939), Anna Sewell (1820), Arnold Wesker (1932), David Crystal (1941), and John Ford (1586).

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