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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. Throughout her long career at Wellesley, she shared a house with her close friend and companion Katharine Coman. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Katharine Lee Bates is the 6,719th most popular writer (up from 6,779th in 2024), the 13,812th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,901st in 2019) and the 977th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 6,719 out of 7,302. Before her are Sayaka Murata, Catherine Asaro, Eric Linklater, Wolf Blitzer, Alexandre del Valle, and Hazel Brugger. After her are Pınar Selek, David Gerrold, Kinoko Nasu, Fatou Diome, James Kelman, and Robert Seethaler.

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Among people born in 1859, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 144. Before her are Theobald Smith, Christopher Hornsrud, Sidney Lee, George Lansbury, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and Tom Watson. After her are Dorabji Tata, and Cecil Sharp. Among people deceased in 1929, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 146. Before her are Joseph Smit, Birger Sjöberg, Dustin Farnum, Sigurd Jørgensen, Rebeca Matte Bello, and Gladys Brockwell.

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Among people born in United States, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 13,816 out of 20,380. Before her are Mitchell Baker (1957), Grant Hill (1972), Gabriel Moore (1785), Sheila Kelley (1961), Deniece Williams (1950), and Hazel Brugger (1993). After her are Gary Ray Bowles (1962), Keith Lee (1984), David Gerrold (1944), Kristine Lilly (1971), Hillary Wolf (1977), and Scott Wolf (1968).

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Among writers born in United States, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 977. Before her are Mitch Albom (1958), Daniel Handler (1970), Chris Hedges (1956), Kerry Kennedy (1959), Catherine Asaro (1955), and Hazel Brugger (1993). After her are David Gerrold (1944), Colson Whitehead (1969), Anthony Doerr (1973), Lauren Weisberger (1977), Russell Simmons (1957), and Ogden Nash (1902).

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