WRITER

Margaret Oliphant

1828 - 1897

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Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (born Margaret Oliphant Wilson; 4 April 1828 – 20 June 1897) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret Oliphant has received more than 184,791 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret Oliphant is the 6,113th most popular writer (down from 5,541st in 2019), the 5,047th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,631st in 2019) and the 566th most popular British Writer.

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  • 180k

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  • 43.25

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Margaret Oliphant ranks 6,113 out of 7,302Before her are Zakhar Prilepin, Ion Negoițescu, Marie Pujmanová, Ian McDonald, George B. Seitz, and Andrzej Stasiuk. After her are Roma Ryan, Robert B. Sherman, Julia Alvarez, Lady Charlotte Guest, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and Elizabeth F. Ellet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Margaret Oliphant ranks 67Before her are Ignacio de Veintemilla, Morten Müller, Charles Allston Collins, Balfour Stewart, Thomas F. Bayard, and Luiza Pesjak. After her are Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, and Charles Foster. Among people deceased in 1897, Margaret Oliphant ranks 79Before her are Juan Idiarte Borda, Isaac Pitman, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Jules de Burlet, Edward Newton, and Berthold Englisch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Margaret Oliphant ranks 5,047 out of 8,785Before her are Ann Packer (1942), Neville Southall (1958), Bruce Robinson (1946), James Jones (1873), Jessie J (1988), and Richard Barbieri (1957). After her are Val Guest (1911), Robert Peake the Elder (1551), Steve Jackson (1951), Clive Standen (1981), Roma Ryan (1950), and Lady Charlotte Guest (1812).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Margaret Oliphant ranks 566Before her are Coventry Patmore (1823), Owen Barfield (1898), John Betjeman (1906), Eva Crane (1912), George Grove (1820), and Ian McDonald (1960). After her are Roma Ryan (1950), Lady Charlotte Guest (1812), Darren Shan (1972), Dannie Abse (1923), Ann Cleeves (1954), and Reginald Hill (1936).