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Joanna Baillie

1762 - 1851

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Joanna Baillie (11 September 1762 – 23 February 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist, known for such works as Plays on the Passions (three volumes, 1798–1812) and Fugitive Verses (1840). Her work shows an interest in moral philosophy and the Gothic. She was critically acclaimed in her lifetime, and while living in Hampstead, associated with contemporary writers such as Anna Barbauld, Lucy Aikin, and Walter Scott. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joanna Baillie has received more than 258,616 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Joanna Baillie is the 6,303rd most popular writer (down from 5,676th in 2019), the 5,395th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,912th in 2019) and the 612th most popular British Writer.

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  • 260k

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  • 42.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A series of plays
1799
The family legend
1810
The Poetry of Cats
poetry, cats, English poetry
This is a unique celebration of that most beautiful and self-possessed of creatures--the cat. More than 50 poems are included, reflecting every feline mood: the comic, the aristocratic, the lazy, the cunning, the fierce, the inscrutable. Lovers of cats and lovers of poetry will be delighted by the wide-ranging nature of the collection by poets such as T.S. Elliot, Ted Hughes, W.B. Yeats, William Wordsworth, Edward Lear and many others. One of the most attractive features of the book is the choice of pictures. A stunning selection of drawings and paintings by such artists and illustrators as Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Hogarth, Cruikshank and Lear add to the charm of the verse, making this a book to be treasured by cat lovers everywhere.
1974
Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition
Readers (Secondary), Study and teaching (Secondary), English literature
2002
The Complete Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie
2015
The Dramatic And Poetical Works Of Joanna Baillie
2018

Page views of Joanna Baillies by language

Over the past year Joanna Baillie has had the most page views in the with 12,777 views, followed by German (1,331), and Spanish (1,165). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (101.64%), Catalan (65.34%), and Bulgarian (57.55%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joanna Baillie ranks 6,303 out of 7,302. Before her are Colleen Hoover, Sjón, Iskandar Khatloni, Caryl Churchill, Lynne Cox, and Kate Morton. After her are Wayne C. Booth, Frances Harper, John Toll, William H. Gass, Jean Stafford, and Humphrey Carpenter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Joanna Baillie ranks 34. Before her are Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen, Marcos Portugal, Marie Bouliard, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Lachlan Macquarie, and Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst.  Among people deceased in 1851, Joanna Baillie ranks 52. Before her are Joel Roberts Poinsett, William Nicol, Dean Mahomed, Sylvester Graham, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, and Samuel George Morton. After her is Levi Woodbury.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joanna Baillie ranks 5,395 out of 8,785. Before her are Steve Sumner (1955), Tom Watson (1859), Max Minghella (1985), Kenneth Williams (1926), John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (1934), and Paul Mariner (1953). After her are Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Roger Taylor (1941), Jack Fairman (1913), Rhodri Morgan (1939), Brian Moore (1921), and Edwyn Collins (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Joanna Baillie ranks 612. Before her are Caroline Norton (1808), Charlotte Smith (1749), Polly Samson (1962), Naomi Mitchison (1897), Lascelles Abercrombie (1881), and Caryl Churchill (1938). After her are Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Brian Moore (1921), Alastair Reynolds (1966), Dick King-Smith (1922), Thomas Warton (1728), and Andrew Davies (1936).

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