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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 1,261,070 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Horatio Alger is the 4,910th most popular writer (down from 4,403rd in 2019), the 6,830th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,141st in 2019) and the 547th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.3M

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  • 54.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Horatio Alger ranks 4,910 out of 7,302. Before him are Nathanael West, Ann Druyan, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Suzanne Lilar, Ferenc Karinthy, and Marilynne Robinson. After him are Alan Paton, C. L. Moore, Diane Ackerman, Eugène Guillevic, József Katona, and Jan Arnald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Horatio Alger ranks 82. Before him are Eugenio Montero Ríos, Caroline Harrison, Heinrich Gerber, Zsófia Torma, Boston Corbett, and Adalbert Krueger. After him are Léon Gautier, William Thomas Blanford, Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero, Gyula Szapáry, Mary Everest Boole, and Kolos Ferenc Vaszary. Among people deceased in 1899, Horatio Alger ranks 71. Before him are Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn, Zsófia Torma, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Teuku Umar, Klaus Groth, and Kaʻiulani. After him are Karolina Světlá, Gaëtan de Rochebouët, Grant Allen, Mary Elizabeth Barber, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, and Princess Marie of Baden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horatio Alger ranks 6,830 out of 20,380. Before him are Marilynne Robinson (1943), Dolores Hart (1938), Rachel Bilson (1981), Tim Hardin (1941), Maurice Greene (1974), and Seth Green (1974). After him are William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), C. L. Moore (1911), Martin Donovan (1957), Hannah Van Buren (1783), Diane Ackerman (1948), and Max Baucus (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Horatio Alger ranks 547. Before him are Tabitha King (1949), George Washington Williams (1849), Robert Charles Wilson (1953), Nathanael West (1903), Ann Druyan (1949), and Marilynne Robinson (1943). After him are C. L. Moore (1911), Diane Ackerman (1948), Edmund Wilson (1895), Mark Frost (1953), Mary Oliver (1935), and Paula Fox (1923).

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