WRITER

Jacob Abbott

1803 - 1879

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Abbott has received more than 118,501 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Abbott is the 6,010th most popular writer, the 9,813th most popular biography from United States and the 741st most popular American Writer.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacob Abbott ranks 6,010 out of 7,302Before him are Harry Turtledove, Arthur Laurents, Paulina Chiziane, Larry Kramer, Robert Coover, and David Storey. After him are Keri Hulme, Andreas Eschbach, Sarah Waters, Philippa Pearce, Zsigmond Kemény, and Rebecca Solnit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Jacob Abbott ranks 76Before him are Sarah Yorke Jackson, James Challis, Karl Schorn, Carl Jacob Löwig, Manuel Felipe de Tovar, and Jules d'Anethan. After him are Domingo Nieto, William Smith O'Brien, Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, and William Allen. Among people deceased in 1879, Jacob Abbott ranks 65Before him are Henry Charles Carey, Emma Smith, William Fothergill Cooke, Juan Antonio Pezet, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, and George Caleb Bingham. After him are Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, John Adams Dix, Caleb Cushing, Angelina Grimké, Sarah Josepha Hale, and Henry Sewell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacob Abbott ranks 9,813 out of 20,380Before him are Beth Fowler (1940), Michael Constantine (1927), Sherry Turkle (1948), Michael Horse (1949), Julianne Nicholson (1971), and William Kircher (1958). After him are Brad Delp (1951), Vincent Persichetti (1915), John Kasich (1952), Artis Gilmore (1949), Chris Klein (1979), and Amy Sedaris (1961).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jacob Abbott ranks 741Before him are Carol J. Adams (1951), Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Harry Turtledove (1949), Arthur Laurents (1917), Larry Kramer (1935), and Robert Coover (1932). After him are Rebecca Solnit (1961), Nella Larsen (1891), Anna J. Cooper (1858), Dick Cavett (1936), Andy Weir (1972), and Scott Turow (1949).