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Frances Harper

1825 - 1911

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an American abolitionist, suffragist, poet, temperance activist, teacher, public speaker, and writer. Beginning in 1845, she was one of the first African American women to be published in the United States. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, Harper had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at the age of 20. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frances Harper has received more than 289,099 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Frances Harper is the 5,893rd most popular writer (down from 5,389th in 2019), the 11,461st most popular biography from United States (down from 11,256th in 2019) and the 857th most popular American Writer.

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  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frances Harper ranks 5,893 out of 5,755. Before her are Ruth Graham, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Monika Fagerholm, August Wilson, Oliver Friggieri, and Rami Saari. After her are Miquel-Lluís Muntané, Joan Carreras i Goicoechea, Richard Lovelace, Marc Connelly, Keith Cooke, and Studs Terkel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Frances Harper ranks 82. Before her are Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, Francis James Child, James Skivring Smith, Henry Heth, and William Spottiswoode. After her are R. D. Blackmore, Bayard Taylor, and Newton Booth. Among people deceased in 1911, Frances Harper ranks 81. Before her are Albert Ladenburg, Eugene Burton Ely, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, Carl Folcker, and Merritt Giffin. After her is John Douglas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frances Harper ranks 11,461 out of 18,182. Before her are Roger Wicker (1951), Paul Schulze (1962), Abel Kiviat (1892), Connie Hawkins (1942), Charles Barton (1902), and Keith Gordon (1961). After her are Paul Sereno (1957), Elliott Nugent (1896), Road Warrior Hawk (1957), Fred Allen (1894), Glen Rice (1967), and Keb' Mo' (1951).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Frances Harper ranks 857. Before her are William H. Gass (1924), Wilma Mankiller (1945), George S. Kaufman (1889), Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806), Jonathan Rosenbaum (1943), and August Wilson (1945). After her are Marc Connelly (1890), Keith Cooke (1959), Studs Terkel (1912), Sandra Cisneros (1954), James K. Morrow (1947), and John P. Marquand (1893).

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