WRITER

Mary Lamb

1764 - 1847

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Mary Anne Lamb (3 December 1764 – 20 May 1847) was an English writer. She is best known for the collaboration with her brother Charles on the collection Tales from Shakespeare (1807). Mary suffered from mental illness, and in 1796, aged 31, she stabbed her mother to death during a mental breakdown. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Lamb has received more than 254,424 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mary Lamb is the 6,217th most popular writer (down from 5,719th in 2019), the 5,223rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,001st in 2019) and the 590th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mary Lamb ranks 6,217 out of 7,302. Before her are Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Cynthia Ozick, Mikhail Gurevich, China Miéville, R. D. Blackmore, and Nahum Tate. After her are Lawrence Venuti, Max Hastings, George Alec Effinger, N. Scott Momaday, Cecily von Ziegesar, and Olivier Weber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Mary Lamb ranks 35. Before her are John Mawe, William Pinkney, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Carl Fredrik Fallén, and Johann Wilhelm Meigen.  Among people deceased in 1847, Mary Lamb ranks 46. Before her are Henri Dutrochet, Vicente Rocafuerte, Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Grace Aguilar, Luis José de Orbegoso, and Manuel Menéndez. After her is Thomas Chalmers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Lamb ranks 5,223 out of 8,785. Before her are Basil Heatley (1933), Kenny Acheson (1957), China Miéville (1972), R. D. Blackmore (1825), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), and Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893). After her are John Cannon (1933), Charles Lapworth (1842), Lionel Jeffries (1926), Archie Scott Brown (1927), Nick Frost (1972), and John Nunn (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mary Lamb ranks 590. Before her are John Barbour (1316), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Bernice Rubens (1923), Brian Jacques (1939), China Miéville (1972), and R. D. Blackmore (1825). After her are Max Hastings (1945), Thomas Hughes (1822), Ronald Firbank (1886), Dan Abnett (1965), William Empson (1906), and Barbara Pym (1913).

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