WRITER

Julia Ward Howe

1819 - 1910

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Julia Ward Howe ( HOW; May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was an American author and poet, known for writing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as new lyrics to an existing song, and the original 1870 pacifist Mothers' Day Proclamation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julia Ward Howe has received more than 770,845 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Julia Ward Howe is the 5,263rd most popular writer (down from 4,697th in 2019), the 7,625th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,796th in 2019) and the 596th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Julia Ward Howe ranks 5,263 out of 7,302. Before her are Petr Bezruč, André Heller, Nalini Bala Devi, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Edward Carpenter, and Roshanara Begum. After her are Tahar Djaout, Władysław Broniewski, Jan Frans Willems, Idea Vilariño, Anna Świrszczyńska, and Vladimir Makanin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Julia Ward Howe ranks 86. Before her are Louise Otto-Peters, Klaus Groth, Joseph-Alfred Serret, James Spriggs Payne, Charles Piazzi Smyth, and José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco. After her are William Powell Frith, Ion Emanuel Florescu, Joaquín Jovellar y Soler, William Muir, Joseph Bazalgette, and Yuri Samarin. Among people deceased in 1910, Julia Ward Howe ranks 93. Before her are Heinrich Caro, Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Jacob Volhard, Vittoria Aganoor, Joaquim Nabuco, and Stamatios Nikolopoulos. After her are Boyd Alexander, Emīls Dārziņš, Melville Fuller, Emily Blackwell, Johan Vaaler, and Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julia Ward Howe ranks 7,625 out of 20,380. Before her are Herbert Copeland (1902), Ford Konno (1933), Bobby Keys (1943), Russell Westbrook (1988), Niger at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Judo (null), and Giuseppe Enrici (1896). After her are Tony Carey (1953), William Clothier (1881), Rick Husband (1957), Bill Smitrovich (1947), Michael Rapaport (1970), and Frank Hussey (1905).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Julia Ward Howe ranks 596. Before her are Leo Buscaglia (1924), Katherine Neville (1945), Thomas Ligotti (1953), William Cullen Bryant (1794), Candace Bushnell (1958), and Sara Paretsky (1947). After her are Chester Himes (1909), Holly Black (1971), Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), James Dashner (1972), Diane di Prima (1934), and Shere Hite (1942).

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