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Katharine Lee Bates

1859 - 1929

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Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American author and poet, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles on social reform, on which she was a noted speaker. Bates enjoyed close links with Wellesley College, Massachusetts, where she had graduated with a B.A., and later became a professor of English literature, helping to launch American literature as an academic speciality, and writing one of the first-ever college textbooks on it. She never married, possibly because she would have lost tenure if she had. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katharine Lee Bates has received more than 533,495 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Katharine Lee Bates is the 6,779th most popular writer, the 13,906th most popular biography from United States and the 1,014th most popular American Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among writers, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 6,779 out of 7,302. Before her are Abdellah Taïa, Carol Ann Duffy, Claire Keegan, Maja Lunde, Stevie Smith, and Claudio Rodriguez Fer. After her are Pierdomenico Baccalario, Jérôme Ferrari, Maurice G. Dantec, Jónína Leósdóttir, Ornela Vorpsi, and Justin Cronin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 146. Before her are Dorabji Tata, Matilda Howell, Mary Anderson, Sidney Lee, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and Alice Eastwood.  Among people deceased in 1929, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 146. Before her are Joseph Smit, István Lichteneckert, Norman Pritchard, Dustin Farnum, Burton Downing, and Rattanbai Jinnah.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 13,906 out of 20,380. Before her are Jim Justice (1951), Sam Ruben (1913), Omari Hardwick (1974), Kenny Rollins (1923), Constance Wu (1982), and Thomas Hart Benton (1782). After her are Tommy Thompson (1941), Jack Mercer (1910), Madeleine Peyroux (1974), Kermit Washington (1951), Bob Bennett (1933), and Stephen Schneider (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 1,014. Before her are James K. Morrow (1947), Horton Foote (1916), Allen Tate (1899), Marge Piercy (1936), Howard Gordon (1961), and Sharon Olds (1942). After her are Justin Cronin (1962), Brannon Braga (1965), Bryan Fuller (1969), D. C. Fontana (1939), Dave Meltzer (1959), and Philip Levine (1928).

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