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Horatio Alger

1832 - 1899

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Horatio Alger Jr. (; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through good works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horatio Alger has received more than 1,163,947 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Horatio Alger is the 4,417th most popular writer (down from 4,284th in 2019), the 6,154th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,104th in 2019) and the 500th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.2M

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  • 47.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Horatio Alger ranks 4,417 out of 5,755. Before him are Charlotte Casiraghi, János Pilinszky, Nancy Huston, Suzanne Lilar, A. E. Housman, and Lalleshwari. After him are Ferenc Karinthy, Richard Hoggart, Ingrid Jonker, Ahlam Mosteghanemi, Herman Heijermans, and George Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Horatio Alger ranks 72. Before him are Nikiforos Lytras, Miroslav Tyrš, Juan Montalvo, Léon Gautier, Carl Neumann, and Victor Meirelles. After him are Eugenio Montero Ríos, Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Edward Newton, Lucretia Garfield, William Thomas Blanford, and Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero. Among people deceased in 1899, Horatio Alger ranks 63. Before him are Constant Fornerod, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Johann Köler, Klaus Groth, Lascăr Catargiu, and Emil Welti. After him are Grant Allen, Mary Elizabeth Barber, Karolina Světlá, Serafino Dubois, Numa Droz, and Princess Marie of Baden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horatio Alger ranks 6,154 out of 18,182. Before him are Frankie Knuckles (1955), Paige Turco (1965), Trent Reznor (1965), Lucy Stone (1818), Benjamin Smith Barton (1766), and John Fitch (1743). After him are Bud Houser (1901), Victor Sen Yung (1914), Brian Schmidt (1967), Tim Hardin (1941), George Nader (1921), and Evan Williams (1972).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Horatio Alger ranks 500. Before him are Diane di Prima (1934), Theodore Roszak (1933), Charlaine Harris (1951), Amiri Baraka (1934), Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902), and Larry Collins (1929). After him are Robert B. Parker (1932), Louis Bromfield (1896), Irving Wallace (1916), Marilyn French (1929), James Dashner (1972), and James Agee (1909).

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