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Maria Edgeworth

1768 - 1849

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Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held critical views on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Edgeworth has received more than 403,506 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Maria Edgeworth is the 4,176th most popular writer (down from 4,041st in 2019), the 3,071st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,014th in 2019) and the 354th most popular British Writer.

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  • 400k

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  • 48.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maria Edgeworth ranks 4,176 out of 5,755. Before her are Ian Rankin, Norman Spinrad, Nicholas Pileggi, Konstantin Aksakov, Ludvík Vaculík, and Graham Hancock. After her are Beatriz Galindo, Gerbrand Bredero, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Seán O'Casey, Andrew Marvell, and Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Maria Edgeworth ranks 35. Before her are Zacharias Werner, Elizabeth Monroe, Johann Michael Vogl, Jędrzej Śniadecki, Karl Ludwig von Haller, and Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel. After her are Hendrik Voogd, Agustín Eyzaguirre, Astley Cooper, Friedrich von Adelung, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, and Sikandar Jah. Among people deceased in 1849, Maria Edgeworth ranks 50. Before her are Goffredo Mameli, Pavel Chichagov, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Filippo Paulucci, Marc Isambard Brunel, and Mariano Paredes. After her are William Etty, Edward Hicks, William Townsend Aiton, José María Carreño, Albert Gallatin, and Francisco Ramón Vicuña.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Maria Edgeworth ranks 3,071 out of 7,765. Before her are Chris Lowe (1959), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), Ian Rankin (1960), Brian Hart (1936), Graham Hancock (1950), and Roger Dean (1944). After her are Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957), Martin Donnelly (1964), Andrew Marvell (1621), Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724), Anthony Hope (1863), and John McDouall Stuart (1815).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Maria Edgeworth ranks 354. Before her are Donald Adamson (1939), Sarah Kane (1971), Mary Norton (1903), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), Ian Rankin (1960), and Graham Hancock (1950). After her are Andrew Marvell (1621), Anthony Hope (1863), Norman Smith (1923), Mary Stewart (1916), Tanith Lee (1947), and Christiane Amanpour (1958).

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