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Frank Harris

1856 - 1931

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Frank Harris (14 February 1856 – 26 August 1931) was an Irish-American editor, novelist, short story writer, journalist and publisher, who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the United States early in life, working in a variety of unskilled jobs before attending the University of Kansas to study law. After graduation, he quickly tired of his legal career and returned to Europe in 1882. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Harris has received more than 289,200 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Harris is the 6,166th most popular writer (down from 5,562nd in 2019), the 311th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 291st in 2019) and the 44th most popular Irish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frank Harris ranks 6,166 out of 7,302. Before him are Jerry Pournelle, Charles Olson, Henry Jenkins, Cecelia Ahern, Varsha Adalja, and Jun Maeda. After him are Barbara Frischmuth, Mehmed Uzun, Joyce Cary, Theodore Roethke, Éric Vuillard, and Robert Creeley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Frank Harris ranks 123. Before him are Karolina Widerström, Keir Hardie, Yuly Shokalsky, Wovoka, Granville Woods, and Colin Campbell Cooper. After him are Jens Bratlie, Kenyon Cox, William Wallace Denslow, Tom Roberts, Andrew Watson, and John Redmond. Among people deceased in 1931, Frank Harris ranks 142. Before him are Daniel Chester French, John Monash, Harry Clarke, Charles Clary, Axel Andersen, and Charles Hefferon. After him are Lidiya Tseraskaya, James Neill, Tom Roberts, Vachel Lindsay, George Whitefield Chadwick, and Henrietta Edwards.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Frank Harris ranks 311 out of 549. Before him are Milo O'Shea (1926), Tom Crean (1877), Anne Buttimer (1938), Christy Moore (1945), Róisín Murphy (1973), and Cecelia Ahern (1981). After him are Thomas Romney Robinson (1792), Terry Wogan (1938), Dave Allen (1936), Mary Ward (1827), Joseph Plunkett (1887), and Barry Keoghan (1992).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Frank Harris ranks 44. Before him are Eoin Colfer (1965), Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776), Colum McCann (1965), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), and Cecelia Ahern (1981). After him are Nahum Tate (1652), Roddy Doyle (1958), Frances Power Cobbe (1822), Terence MacSwiney (1879), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), and Marian Keyes (1963).

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