WRITER

John Greenleaf Whittier

1807 - 1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Greenleaf Whittier has received more than 706,719 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). John Greenleaf Whittier is the 6,075th most popular writer (down from 5,520th in 2019), the 10,077th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,324th in 2019) and the 758th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Snow-bound
Specimens, Gift books, Winter storms
1866
Songs of three centuries
English poetry, American poetry, Accessible book
1876
At sundown
1890
The prose works of John Greenleaf Whittier
1866
The Tent on the Beach and Other Poems
Accessible book, American poetry, Quaker authors
1867
Poems
Accessible book, Poetry, Poems
1800

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Greenleaf Whittier ranks 6,075 out of 7,302. Before him are David Simon, Peter Matthiessen, Kjell Ola Dahl, Jean Rouaud, Antonín Sova, and Dmitry Bykov. After him are Thomas Traherne, Nedim Gürsel, Hammond Innes, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Chris Claremont, and Viivi Luik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, John Greenleaf Whittier ranks 51. Before him are Bernhard Horwitz, Wilford Woodruff, Robert McClure, Emily Donelson, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, and Ira Aldridge. After him are Charles Francis Adams Sr., Pieter Willem Korthals, Peter Hardeman Burnett, David Rice Atchison, James Abbott, and Henry Sewell. Among people deceased in 1892, John Greenleaf Whittier ranks 83. Before him are Joaquín Jovellar y Soler, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Sereno Watson, Johan Sverdrup, James Skivring Smith, and Teréz Karacs. After him are Pieter Willem Korthals, Edward Augustus Freeman, Harry Atkinson, and Newton Booth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Greenleaf Whittier ranks 10,077 out of 20,380. Before him are Clara Kimball Young (1890), Jaleel White (1976), Mike Huckabee (1955), William Thompson (1908), Fred Armisen (1966), and Orlando Jones (1968). After him are Irene Pepperberg (1949), Maria Canals-Barrera (1966), Dave Sheridan (1969), Tony Cox (1958), Dan Gilroy (1959), and Dorothy Hamill (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Greenleaf Whittier ranks 758. Before him are Gustav Hasford (1947), Stephen R. Donaldson (1947), Charles Brackett (1892), John Perry Barlow (1947), David Simon (1960), and Peter Matthiessen (1927). After him are Lee Strobel (1952), Robin Morgan (1941), Katie Couric (1957), Peter Orlovsky (1933), Brad Falchuk (1971), and Lydia Maria Child (1802).

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