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Joanna Baillie

1762 - 1851

Joanna Baillie

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. She died at the age of 88. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Joanna Baillie is the 6,414th most popular writer (down from 6,303rd in 2024), the 5,692nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,396th in 2019) and the 635th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Joanna Baillie ranks 6,414 out of 7,302. Before her are Dick King-Smith, Ann Coulter, Gilles Leroy, Anthony McCarten, Gerbrand Bakker, and Linda Maria Baros. After her are Renate Dorrestein, Sonja Åkesson, Joel Barlow, Kamel Daoud, Reginald Hill, and Nabaneeta Dev Sen.

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Dick King-Smith
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HPI: 50.56
Rank: 6,408
Ann Coulter
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 6,409
Gilles Leroy
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 6,410
Anthony McCarten
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HPI: 50.52
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Gerbrand Bakker
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HPI: 50.52
Rank: 6,412
Linda Maria Baros
1981 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 6,413
Joanna Baillie
1762 - 1851
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 6,414
Renate Dorrestein
1954 - 2018
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 6,415
Sonja Åkesson
1926 - 1977
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 6,416
Joel Barlow
1754 - 1812
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 6,417
Kamel Daoud
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 6,418
Reginald Hill
1936 - 2012
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 6,419
Nabaneeta Dev Sen
1938 - 2019
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 6,420

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Joanna Baillie ranks 34. Before her are Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen, Marcos Portugal, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Lachlan Macquarie, Marie Bouliard, and Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst. Among people deceased in 1851, Joanna Baillie ranks 53. Before her are Joel Roberts Poinsett, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Sylvester Graham, Baji Rao II, Levi Woodbury, and Samuel George Morton.

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Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen
POLITICIAN
1762 - 1823
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 28
Marcos Portugal
COMPOSER
1762 - 1830
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 29
Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
PHYSICIAN
1762 - 1829
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 30
Lachlan Macquarie
EXPLORER
1762 - 1824
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 31
Marie Bouliard
PAINTER
1762 - 1825
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 32
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
POLITICIAN
1762 - 1834
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 33
Joanna Baillie
WRITER
1762 - 1851
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 34