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Frank Harris

1856 - 1931

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Frank Harris (14 February 1855 – 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 267,443 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Harris is the 5,582nd most popular writer, the 292nd most popular biography from Ireland and the 43rd most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frank Harris ranks 5,582 out of 5,755Before him are Kurt Marti, Anna Haava, Beryl Bainbridge, Christian Kracht, Roma Ryan, and Madhukar. After him are Edmund Gosse, Chaz Bono, Lloyd C. Douglas, Tom Brokaw, Mikhail Gurevich, and Sida Košutić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Frank Harris ranks 115Before him are Granville Woods, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Karolina Widerström, Paul Henri Lecomte, Keir Hardie, and William Wallace Denslow. After him are Kenyon Cox, Tom Roberts, Jens Bratlie, and John Redmond. Among people deceased in 1931, Frank Harris ranks 132Before him are Emilio Aceval, James Neill, Jetze Doorman, Daniel Chester French, Charles Clary, and John Monash. After him are Alma Rubens, George Whitefield Chadwick, Tom Roberts, Robert Edeson, and Vachel Lindsay.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Frank Harris ranks 292 out of 501Before him are Patrick Leahy (1877), Milo O'Shea (1926), Brian Downey (1951), Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865), Brian Shawe-Taylor (1915), and Colm Wilkinson (1944). After him are Allen Leech (1981), George Brent (1904), Derek Daly (1953), Robert Sheehan (1988), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), and Jack Gleeson (1992).

Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Frank Harris ranks 43Before him are Terence MacSwiney (1879), John Connolly (1968), Colm Tóibín (1955), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Cecelia Ahern (1981), and Liam O'Flaherty (1896). After him are Colum McCann (1965), Frances Power Cobbe (1822), Roddy Doyle (1958), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Nahum Tate (1652), and Patrick Kavanagh (1904).