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Gertrude Atherton

1857 - 1948

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California. Her bestselling novel Black Oxen (1923) was made into a silent movie of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gertrude Atherton has received more than 114,618 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gertrude Atherton is the 6,005th most popular writer (down from 5,412th in 2019), the 12,201st most popular biography from United States (down from 11,439th in 2019) and the 905th most popular American Writer.

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  • 37.71

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gertrude Atherton ranks 6,005 out of 5,755. Before her are Peter Morgan, Sylvain Tesson, Zlata Filipović, Annie Dillard, James Weldon Johnson, and David Malouf. After her are Nic Pizzolatto, James Kelman, Michael Rosen, Kerry Kennedy, Dinah Craik, and Rohinton Mistry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Gertrude Atherton ranks 126. Before her are Charles B. Cory, Frank J. Sprague, John Joly, Auguste Serrurier, Walter Rutherford, and Rudolf Thurneysen.  Among people deceased in 1948, Gertrude Atherton ranks 168. Before her are Susan Glaspell, John Anderson, Franz Weidenreich, Samuel S. Hinds, King Baggot, and Warren William. After her are Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey and Sophia Duleep Singh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gertrude Atherton ranks 12,201 out of 18,182. Before her are Tania Raymonde (1988), Samuel Colman (1832), Alice Evans (1971), Jeff Bergman (1960), Chris Wood (1988), and Terence Cooke (1921). After her are Jack Webb (1920), Eddie Kendricks (1939), Nic Pizzolatto (1975), Timothy Omundson (1969), Dorothy Dell (1915), and Alvin Robertson (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gertrude Atherton ranks 905. Before her are Emanuel Pastreich (1964), Alice Hoffman (1952), Cecily von Ziegesar (1970), Howard Gordon (1961), Annie Dillard (1945), and James Weldon Johnson (1871). After her are Nic Pizzolatto (1975), Kerry Kennedy (1959), Randall Jarrell (1914), Marge Piercy (1936), James Patrick Kelly (1951), and Al Jean (1961).

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