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Hannah More

1745 - 1833

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Hannah More (2 February 1745 – 7 September 1833) was an English religious writer, philanthropist, poet, and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, who wrote on moral and religious subjects. Born in Bristol, she taught at a school her father founded there and began writing plays. She became involved in the London literary elite and a leading Bluestocking member. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hannah More has received more than 438,735 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Hannah More is the 4,793rd most popular writer, the 3,489th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 394th most popular British Writer.

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  • 55.17

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hannah More ranks 4,793 out of 7,302Before her are Alina Fernández, Wolfgang Koeppen, Yuriy Fedkovych, Carine Roitfeld, Betje Wolff, and Ruth Maier. After her are Myriam Harry, Ki no Tomonori, Gabriello Chiabrera, Robert Bolt, Augusta, Lady Gregory, and Zhang Jie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Hannah More ranks 43Before her are Johann Peter Salomon, Benjamin Rush, Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Félix María de Samaniego, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, and Timothy Pickering. After her are Johann Gottfried Köhler, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Oliver Ellsworth, John Jeffries, Sydney Parkinson, and Madhavrao I. Among people deceased in 1833, Hannah More ranks 34Before her are Banastre Tarleton, Ivan Martinov, Johann Friedrich Meckel, Yagan, Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, and Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth. After her are William Thompson, Joshua Brookes, Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, and Oliver Wolcott Jr..

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hannah More ranks 3,489 out of 8,785Before her are Claire Foy (1984), John Mayhew (1947), Bernard Sumner (1956), Steve Hogarth (1956), Frederick Guthrie (1833), and Jon Hiseman (1944). After her are Jenny Agutter (1952), Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858), Brian Redman (1937), Robert Bolt (1924), Adrienne Corri (1931), and Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Hannah More ranks 394Before her are Brian Lumley (1937), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), E. L. James (1963), Val McDermid (1955), Edward James (1907), and Milo Yiannopoulos (1984). After her are Robert Bolt (1924), William Martin Leake (1777), Nicholas Evans (1950), John Lyly (1554), W. W. Jacobs (1863), and Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835).