WRITER

Ida Tarbell

1857 - 1944

Photo of Ida Tarbell

Icon of person Ida Tarbell

Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers and reformers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was a pioneer of investigative journalism. Born in Pennsylvania at the beginning of the oil boom, Tarbell is best known for her 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ida Tarbell has received more than 1,404,805 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ida Tarbell is the 1,207th most popular writer (up from 1,398th in 2019), the 1,411th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,785th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The life of Abraham Lincoln
Presidents, Biography, Accessible book
1900
He knew Lincoln
Anecdotes, Accessible book, Fiction
1907
The life of Abraham Lincoln, drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished
Accessible book, Correspondence, Presidents
1900
The history of the Standard Oil Company
Accessible book, History, Petroleum industry and trade
1904
The early life of Abraham Lincoln
Childhood and youth, Accessible book, Presidents
1896
The business of being a woman
Social and moral questions, Women, Accessible book
1912

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ida Tarbell ranks 1,207 out of 7,302. Before her are Alexander Kielland, Reinaldo Arenas, Ibn Khallikan, Roger Caillois, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, and Odoric of Pordenone. After her are Theodor Storm, Léo Taxil, Daniil Kharms, Alexander Ostrovsky, Martha Gellhorn, and Johann Peter Eckermann.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Ida Tarbell ranks 39. Before her are Edward Emerson Barnard, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Max Klinger, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, 12th Dalai Lama, and Antoni Grabowski. After her are Cécile Chaminade, Wilhelm Johannsen, Eugène Atget, Theodor Escherich, Vladimir Bekhterev, and Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden. Among people deceased in 1944, Ida Tarbell ranks 67. Before her are Christian Wirth, Jean Tatlock, Asmahan, Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, August Landmesser, and Erich Fellgiebel. After her are Leo Baekeland, Günther Korten, Cécile Chaminade, Yvette Guilbert, Missak Manouchian, and Paul Poiret.

Others Born in 1857

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1944

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Ida Tarbell ranks 1,411 out of 20,380. Before her are Martha Nussbaum (1947), G. Stanley Hall (1846), Alan Bean (1932), Dan Simmons (1948), Adrien Brody (1973), and Charles G. Dawes (1865). After her are David Schwimmer (1966), Michael Stuart Brown (1941), John Cena (1977), Florence Griffith Joyner (1959), Martha Gellhorn (1908), and Sondra Locke (1944).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ida Tarbell ranks 133. Before her are Fredric Brown (1906), Anne Rice (1941), E. Howard Hunt (1918), John Jacob Astor IV (1864), Solomon Northup (1808), and Dan Simmons (1948). After her are Martha Gellhorn (1908), Harry Harrison (1925), James Patterson (1947), Irving Stone (1903), Clive Cussler (1931), and Erskine Caldwell (1903).

American born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous