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H. Rider Haggard

1856 - 1925

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard (; 22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. He was also involved in land reform throughout the British Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. Rider Haggard has received more than 963,512 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. H. Rider Haggard is the 869th most popular writer (down from 785th in 2019), the 707th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 619th in 2019) and the 85th most popular British Writer.

H. Rider Haggard is most famous for his adventure novels, including King Solomon's Mines, She, and Allan Quatermain.

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  • 49

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  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, H. Rider Haggard ranks 869 out of 5,755Before him are Jean Webster, Bacchylides, Sarah, Duchess of York, Luis Sepúlveda, James May, and Otto of Freising. After him are Appius Claudius Caecus, Jean de Joinville, Gerard of Cremona, Ali Shariati, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, H. Rider Haggard ranks 27Before him are John Singer Sargent, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, Andrey Markov, L. Frank Baum, and Frank B. Kellogg. After him are Jean Moréas, Hara Takashi, Sergei Taneyev, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Mikhail Vrubel, and Wilhelm von Gloeden. Among people deceased in 1925, H. Rider Haggard ranks 33Before him are John Singer Sargent, Oliver Heaviside, Vajiravudh, Fritz Haarmann, Léon Bourgeois, and Aleksey Kuropatkin. After him are Eugen Sandow, Karl Abraham, Pierre Louÿs, Lovis Corinth, Max Linder, and Hjalmar Branting.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, H. Rider Haggard ranks 707 out of 7,765Before him are Margaret of York (1446), Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), James May (1963), Kenneth Branagh (1960), and Charles Wheatstone (1802). After him are David Harvey (1935), Banksy (1970), Rosemary Harris (1927), Edward B. Titchener (1867), Andrew Huxley (1917), and Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, H. Rider Haggard ranks 85Before him are Philip Pullman (1946), Ian McEwan (1948), Edgar Wallace (1875), Eleanor Marx (1855), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), and James May (1963). After him are Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), Thomas Malory (1405), Wilkie Collins (1824), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Samuel Richardson (1689), and Bruce Chatwin (1940).