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Marie Belloc Lowndes

1868 - 1947

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Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Lowndes (née Belloc; 5 August 1868 – 14 November 1947), who wrote as Marie Belloc Lowndes, was a prolific English novelist, and sister of author Hilaire Belloc. Active from 1898 until her death, she had a reputation for combining exciting incidents with psychological interest in her books. Four of her works were adapted for the screen: The Chink in the Armour (1912; adapted 1922), The Lodger (1913; adapted several times), Letty Lynton (1931; adapted 1932), and The Story of Ivy (1927; adapted 1947). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie Belloc Lowndes has received more than 88,089 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Marie Belloc Lowndes is the 5,396th most popular writer (down from 5,066th in 2019), the 4,097th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,967th in 2019) and the 458th most popular British Writer.

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  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marie Belloc Lowndes ranks 5,396 out of 7,302. Before her are Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, László Németh, Karim Rashid, Roland Dorgelès, Jorge Icaza Coronel, and Adolf Bartels. After her are Ring Lardner, Aya Kitō, Elizabeth Hawley, José Carlos Somoza, John Connolly, and William Harrison Ainsworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Marie Belloc Lowndes ranks 176. Before her are Edward Abramowski, Kitamura Tokoku, Charles Wallace Richmond, Hermann Lietz, Hélène de Pourtalès, and Grace Chisholm Young. After her are Émile Fisseux, Karl Röderer, Harvey S. Firestone, Annie S. D. Maunder, Lida Heymann, and Otokar Březina. Among people deceased in 1947, Marie Belloc Lowndes ranks 181. Before her are Erich Hecke, Carrie Chapman Catt, Simon Janashia, Grantley Goulding, Charles Frédéric Petit, and Julio C. Tello. After her are Henry Kolker, Petras Cvirka, Vojtěch Bradáč, Annie S. D. Maunder, Reginald Innes Pocock, and Tomás Berreta.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Marie Belloc Lowndes ranks 4,097 out of 8,785. Before her are Kim Newman (1959), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), James D'Arcy (1975), Howard Stringer (1942), Colin Hay (1953), and Jesse Ramsden (1735). After her are Henry Taylor (1932), Emily Blackwell (1826), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Walter Winterbottom (1913), Robert Newton (1905), and George Larner (1875).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Marie Belloc Lowndes ranks 458. Before her are Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), Aneirin (525), Ali Smith (1962), Richard Llewellyn (1906), Kim Newman (1959), and Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674). After her are William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Olivia Manning (1908), Mary Sidney (1561), John Clare (1793), Dan Houser (1974), and Richard Hoggart (1918).

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