WRITER

Laura Marx

1845 - 1911

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Jenny Laura Marx (26 September 1845 – 25 November 1911) was a socialist activist. The second daughter of Karl Marx and Jenny von Westphalen, she married revolutionary writer Paul Lafargue in 1868. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laura Marx has received more than 656,365 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Laura Marx is the 1,188th most popular writer (up from 1,239th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 166th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Writer.

Laura Marx is most famous for her work in the field of neurology. She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in Germany, and she was the first woman to be appointed as a professor of neurology at a German university.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Under the Egg
Juvenile Fiction
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler meets Chasing Vermeer in this clever middle grade debut When Theodora Tenpenny spills a bottle of rubbing alcohol on her late grandfather’s painting, she discovers what seems to be an old Renaissance masterpiece underneath. That’s great news for Theo, who’s struggling to hang onto her family’s two-hundred-year-old townhouse and support her unstable mother on her grandfather’s legacy of $463. There’s just one problem: Theo’s grandfather was a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and she worries the painting may be stolen. With the help of some unusual new friends, Theo's search for answers takes her all around Manhattan, and introduces her to a side of the city—and her grandfather—that she never knew. To solve the mystery, she'll have to abandon her hard-won self-reliance and build a community, one serendipitous friendship at a time. “Uniquely readable, entirely charming, and a pleasure from start to finish. Debuts this good are meant to be discovered.” —SLJ Fuse 8 Blog “Riveting from start to finish.” —BookPage
20154 / 5
Under the egg
Juvenile Fiction
Her grandfather's dying words lead 13-year-old Theodora Tenpenny to a valuable, hidden painting she fears may be stolen, but it is her search for answers in her Greenwich Village neighborhood that brings a real treasure.
20144 / 5

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Laura Marx ranks 1,188 out of 7,302. Before her are Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Jacint Verdaguer, Namdev, Meng Haoran, Samuel Butler, and Sophia Tolstaya. After her are Adolfo Bioy Casares, Marcus Manilius, Emmanuelle Arsan, Solomon Northup, Juan Rulfo, and Elizabeth Gaskell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Laura Marx ranks 24. Before her are George Darwin, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Gustaf de Laval, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Franz Ehrle, and Jacint Verdaguer. After her are José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Mary Ann Nichols, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Isidor Straus, Leopold Auer, and Princess Sophie of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1911, Laura Marx ranks 18. Before her are Maria Pia of Savoy, Valentin Serov, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Edward Whymper, Ahmed ‘Urabi, and Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy. After her are Theodor Escherich, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Joseph Bell, Jozef Israëls, Jack Daniel, and Sister Nivedita.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Laura Marx ranks 149 out of 1,190. Before her are Charles Michel (1975), Marc Dutroux (1956), Luce Irigaray (1930), John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), Michel Preud'homme (1959), and Catharina van Hemessen (1528). After her are Leo Baekeland (1863), Gudula (646), Henri, Count of Paris (1933), Eric Gerets (1954), Silvio Gesell (1862), and Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Laura Marx ranks 9. Before her are Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Julio Cortázar (1914), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Marguerite Porete (1250), Pierre Louÿs (1870), and Henri Michaux (1899). After her are Victor Serge (1890), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Hugo Claus (1929), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), and John of Ruusbroec (1293).

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