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Francis James Child

1825 - 1896

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Francis James Child (February 1, 1825 – September 11, 1896) was an American scholar, educator, and folklorist, best known today for his collection of English and Scottish ballads now known as the Child Ballads. Child was Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory at Harvard University, where he produced influential editions of English poetry. In 1876 he was named Harvard's first Professor of English, a position which allowed him to focus on academic research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis James Child has received more than 161,022 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Francis James Child is the 15,548th most popular politician (down from 13,867th in 2019), the 10,091st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,159th in 2019) and the 638th most popular American Politician.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francis James Child ranks 15,548 out of 15,577. Before him are Sol Plaatje, Nadia Calviño, Pavlo Klimkin, Volker Beck, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, and Afzal-ud-Daulah. After him are Charles Francis Adams Sr., Dru Drury, Deb Haaland, Kenneth O. Hall, Meir Sheetrit, and Andrii Deshchytsia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Francis James Child ranks 78. Before him are Benjamin Mountfort, Albrecht Weber, Francisco Antonino Vidal, Adelaide Anne Procter, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, and Ludwig Carl Christian Koch. After him are James Skivring Smith, Henry Heth, William Spottiswoode, Frances Harper, R. D. Blackmore, and Bayard Taylor. Among people deceased in 1896, Francis James Child ranks 76. Before him are Ferdinand von Mueller, George du Maurier, Élie-Abel Carrière, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Thomas Hughes, and Paul Arène. After him is Coventry Patmore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Francis James Child ranks 10,091 out of 18,182. Before him are Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), George Alec Effinger (1947), Amy Schumer (1981), Katherine Maher (1983), Rip Taylor (1931), and Tim O'Brien (1946). After him are Thomas Bopp (1949), Jeff Berlin (1953), Alma Rubens (1897), Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807), Narada Michael Walden (1952), and June Anderson (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Francis James Child ranks 638. Before him are Morrison Waite (1816), Melville Fuller (1833), Richard Rush (1780), William H. Webster (1924), Barbara Mikulski (1936), and Ben Cardin (1943). After him are Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807), Deb Haaland (1960), Jeremiah Denton (1924), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989), Frank Murkowski (1933), and Thomas F. Bayard (1828).

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