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Laura Bridgman

1829 - 1889

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Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (December 21, 1829 – May 24, 1889) was the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, twenty years before the more famous Helen Keller; Laura's friend Anne Sullivan became Helen Keller's aide. Bridgman was left deaf-blind at the age of two after contracting scarlet fever. She was educated at the Perkins Institution for the Blind where, under the direction of Samuel Gridley Howe, she learned to read and communicate using Braille and the manual alphabet developed by Charles-Michel de l'Épée.For several years, Bridgman gained celebrity status when Charles Dickens met her during his 1842 American tour and wrote about her accomplishments in his American Notes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laura Bridgman has received more than 338,810 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Bridgman is the 2,982nd most popular writer (down from 2,775th in 2019), the 3,759th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,640th in 2019) and the 329th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Deafblind women, Education
1840

Page views of Laura Bridgmen by language

Over the past year Laura Bridgman has had the most page views in the with 39,237 views, followed by Spanish (5,262), and German (5,003). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (79.74%), Spanish (38.40%), and Indonesian (27.54%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Laura Bridgman ranks 2,982 out of 7,302. Before her are Ibn Manzur, Bruce Sterling, Richard Baxter, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Unsuri, and Bret Easton Ellis. After her are David Foster Wallace, Tariq Ali, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Auguste Barbier, Miklós Radnóti, and Wilfred Owen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Laura Bridgman ranks 38. Before her are Franz Reuleaux, Allan Octavian Hume, Konrad Duden, Jean-Jacques Henner, Moritz Cantor, and Ignacio Zaragoza. After her are Graziadio Isaia Ascoli, Carl Schurz, José de Alencar, Mikayel Nalbandian, Prince William of Baden, and Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1889, Laura Bridgman ranks 51. Before her are Champfleury, John Hughes, Benedetto Cairoli, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Yohannes IV, and Albrecht Ritschl. After her are Jean-Baptiste Arban, Belle Starr, Louis Faidherbe, Ivan Larionov, Ignatz Kolisch, and Josip Filipović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laura Bridgman ranks 3,759 out of 20,380. Before her are Bruce Sterling (1954), Edwin Drake (1819), Hank Azaria (1964), Bill W. (1895), SZA (1990), and Bret Easton Ellis (1964). After her are Orson Bean (1928), Lori Lightfoot (1962), Golden State Killer (1945), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), David Foster Wallace (1962), and Bix Beiderbecke (1903).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Laura Bridgman ranks 329. Before her are Howard Fast (1914), Vince Gilligan (1967), Paul Gallico (1897), James Rollins (1961), Bruce Sterling (1954), and Bret Easton Ellis (1964). After her are David Foster Wallace (1962), Jim Rohn (1930), John Perkins (1945), Donna Tartt (1963), Gregory Corso (1930), and Lois Lowry (1937).

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