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Harriet Beecher Stowe

1811 - 1896

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Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and wrote the popular novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book reached an audience of millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and in Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harriet Beecher Stowe has received more than 3,672,329 page views. Her biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Harriet Beecher Stowe is the 647th most popular writer (down from 514th in 2019), the 663rd most popular biography from United States (down from 525th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Writer.

Harriet Beecher Stowe is most famous for her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was published in 1852. The book is a powerful anti-slavery novel that depicts the cruelty of slavery.

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  • 64.98

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  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Uncle Tom's Cabin
1800
The minister's wooing
1800
A key to Uncle Tom's cabin
1850
Dred
African Americans
Written partly in response to the criticisms of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by both white Southerners and black abolitionists, Stowe's second novel, "Dred," attempts to explore the issue of slavery from an African American perspective. Through the compelling stories of Nina Gordon, the mistress of a slave plantation, and Dred, a black revolutionary, Stowe brings to life conflicting beliefs about race, the institution of slavery, and the possibilities of violent resistance.
1856
Oldtown folks
1869
The pearl of Orr's Island
1862

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Harriet Beecher Stowe ranks 647 out of 7,302. Before her are Ivan Franko, Irène Némirovsky, Kōbō Abe, Alexander Pope, Michael Crichton, and Muriel Spark. After her are Juana Inés de la Cruz, Harper Lee, Martin Amis, Eugène Sue, Ernest Thompson Seton, and Giosuè Carducci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe ranks 11. Before her are Robert Bunsen, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Urbain Le Verrier, Isaac Singer, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and William Makepeace Thackeray. After her are Vissarion Belinsky, Louis Blanc, François Achille Bazaine, Elisha Otis, Ambroise Thomas, and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern. Among people deceased in 1896, Harriet Beecher Stowe ranks 14. Before her are Ivar Aasen, Hippolyte Fizeau, Otto Lilienthal, José Rizal, John Everett Millais, and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. After her are H. H. Holmes, Edmond de Goncourt, Louis-Jules Trochu, Richard Avenarius, Ambroise Thomas, and John Langdon Down.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harriet Beecher Stowe ranks 663 out of 20,380. Before her are Joe Louis (1914), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Michael Crichton (1942), James Rainwater (1917), Dolly Parton (1946), and George Peppard (1928). After her are Bill Bixby (1934), David Copperfield (1956), Laura Branigan (1952), Colin Powell (1937), Harper Lee (1926), and Irwin Rose (1926).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Harriet Beecher Stowe ranks 65. Before her are Theodore Dreiser (1871), Napoleon Hill (1883), John Irving (1942), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), and Michael Crichton (1942). After her are Harper Lee (1926), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Washington Irving (1783), Irwin Shaw (1913), H. L. Mencken (1880), and Truman Capote (1924).

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