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Frederick Rolfe

1860 - 1913

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Frederick William Rolfe (surname pronounced ROHF), better known as Baron Corvo (Italian for "Crow"), and also calling himself Frederick William Serafino Austin Lewis Mary Rolfe (22 July 1860 – 25 October 1913), was an English writer, artist, photographer and eccentric. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Frederick Rolfe is the 5,883rd most popular writer (down from 5,716th in 2024), the 4,893rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,457th in 2019) and the 533rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Frederick Rolfe ranks 5,883 out of 7,302. Before him are Cornelia Sorabji, David Seidler, Dina Rubina, Alberto Bevilacqua, Susanna Clarke, and Ewa Lipska. After him are Dragutin Tadijanović, Steve Sem-Sandberg, Richard Hoggart, Algis Budrys, Yakov Polonsky, and Helen Hunt Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Frederick Rolfe ranks 135. Before him are Antônio Parreiras, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, Otto Liebe, Gabriele Possanner, Emily Hobhouse, and Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading. After him are Daniel Barringer, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Kate Bruce, Susanna M. Salter, Charles Oman, and Gregorio Aglipay. Among people deceased in 1913, Frederick Rolfe ranks 93. Before him are Elena Guro, John Milne, Mathilde Marchesi, Emma Schenson, Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels, and Alphonse Kirchhoffer. After him are Daniel David Palmer, Alfred Austin, Alfred Lyttelton, and Joaquin Miller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Rolfe ranks 4,894 out of 8,785. Before him are Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Myra Hess (1890), Susanna Clarke (1959), Spencer Davis (1939), and Mary Midgley (1919). After him are N. G. L. Hammond (1907), Robert Newton (1905), Richard Hoggart (1918), Alice Eve (1982), Stephen Moyer (1969), and Stuart Baxter (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Frederick Rolfe ranks 533. Before him are Lady Charlotte Guest (1812), James Hogg (1770), Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), Charles Wilkins (1749), David Seidler (1937), and Susanna Clarke (1959). After him are Richard Hoggart (1918), Paula Yates (1959), Olivia Manning (1908), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), David Storey (1933), and Sarah Waters (1966).

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