1825 - 1896
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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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.
1876 - 1932
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 15,542
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 15,543
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 15,544
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 15,545
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 15,546
1827 - 1869
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 15,547
1825 - 1896
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 15,548
1807 - 1886
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 15,549
1725 - 1804
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 15,550
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 15,551
1941 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 15,552
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 15,553
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 15,554
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.
1825 - 1898
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 72
1825 - 1901
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 73
1825 - 1889
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 74
1825 - 1864
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 75
1825 - 1921
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 76
1825 - 1908
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 77
1825 - 1896
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 78
1825 - 1892
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 79
1825 - 1899
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 80
1825 - 1883
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 81
1825 - 1911
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 82
1825 - 1900
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 83
1825 - 1878
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 84
1825 - 1896
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 70
1834 - 1896
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 71
1818 - 1896
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 72
1867 - 1896
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 73
1822 - 1896
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 74
1843 - 1896
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 75
1825 - 1896
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 76
1823 - 1896
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 77
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).
1926 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 10,085
1947 - 2002
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 10,086
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 10,087
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 10,088
1931 - 2019
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 10,089
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 10,090
1825 - 1896
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 10,091
1949 - 2018
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 10,092
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 10,093
1897 - 1931
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 10,094
1807 - 1886
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 10,095
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 10,096
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 10,097
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).
1816 - 1888
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 632
1833 - 1910
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 633
1780 - 1859
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 634
1924 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 635
1936 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 636
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 637
1825 - 1896
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 638
1807 - 1886
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 639
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 640
1924 - 2014
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 641
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 642
1933 - Present
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 643
1828 - 1898
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 644