SCULPTOR

Harriet Hosmer

1830 - 1908

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Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (October 9, 1830 – February 21, 1908) was a neoclassical sculptor, considered the most distinguished female sculptor in America during the 19th century. She is known as the first female professional sculptor. Among other technical innovations, she pioneered a process for turning limestone into marble. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harriet Hosmer has received more than 129,696 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Harriet Hosmer is the 248th most popular sculptor (down from 213th in 2019), the 11,025th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,848th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Sculptor.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Harriet Hosmer ranks 248 out of 258. Before her are Walter W. Winans, Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański, Cícero Moraes, Rebeca Matte Bello, Augusta Savage, and Dale Chihuly. After her are Nek Chand, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Ruth Asawa, Megumi Igarashi, and Juan Garaizabal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Harriet Hosmer ranks 74. Before her are John Moresby, Emily Davies, Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual, Abraham Jacobi, Oliver Otis Howard, and Nain Singh. After her are Helen Hunt Jackson, Belva Ann Lockwood, Frederic Moore, John Douglas, and Ezra Meeker. Among people deceased in 1908, Harriet Hosmer ranks 101. Before her are Henry Bird, American Horse, Federico Chueca, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, Charles Augustus Young, and John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun. After her are Redvers Buller, John Taylor, Thomas Hill, and Old Tom Morris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harriet Hosmer ranks 11,025 out of 20,380. Before her are Leonidas Polk (1806), James L. Jones (1943), Elliott Nugent (1896), Clifford Jordan (1931), Michael Chabon (1963), and Allan Arbus (1918). After her are Richard Taruskin (1945), Tom Dowd (1925), Mary McLeod Bethune (1875), William Schallert (1922), Dick Button (1929), and Chad Coleman (1974).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Harriet Hosmer ranks 20. Before her are Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), Chris Burden (1946), Horatio Greenough (1805), Beverly Pepper (1922), Augusta Savage (1892), and Dale Chihuly (1941). After her are Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876), and Ruth Asawa (1926).

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