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Mary Mapes Dodge

1831 - 1905

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Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge (January 26, 1831 – August 21, 1905) was an American children's author and editor, best known for her novel Hans Brinker. She was the recognized leader in juvenile literature for almost a third of the nineteenth century. Dodge conducted St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Mapes Dodge has received more than 123,234 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Mary Mapes Dodge is the 2,432nd most popular writer (up from 2,707th in 2019), the 3,047th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,532nd in 2019) and the 266th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Hans Brinker
1865
Hans Brinker
Children's fiction, Netherlands, fiction, Skating, fiction
1915
Hans Brinker, or, The silver skates
Skating, Brothers and sisters, Juvenile fiction
A Dutch brother and sister work toward two goals--finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.
1876
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
1920
Hans Brinker
Brothers and sisters, Children's stories, Fiction
First edition with Louis Rhead pictures ...1924... Harper & Brothers
1874
Mark Twain's Library of Humor
American wit and humor, Wit and humor, American wit and humor, social life and customs
1888

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mary Mapes Dodge ranks 2,432 out of 7,302. Before her are Dominique Lapierre, Philippe de Mornay, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Ibn Kemal, Mihail Sebastian, and María Elena Walsh. After her are Zhou Daguan, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Miguel Delibes, Mak Dizdar, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ai Qing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Mary Mapes Dodge ranks 47. Before her are Peter Nicolai Arbo, Daniele Comboni, David Edward Hughes, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, and Prince August, Duke of Dalarna. After her are Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Wilhelm Raabe, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Konstantin Leontiev, George Pullman, and Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Among people deceased in 1905, Mary Mapes Dodge ranks 37. Before her are Carmine Crocco, George MacDonald, Meyer Guggenheim, Lew Wallace, José-Maria de Heredia, and Pedro Américo. After her are Franz Reuleaux, Clément Juglar, Tippu Tip, Infanta Amalia of Spain, Josip Belušić, and Jean-Jacques Henner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Mapes Dodge ranks 3,047 out of 20,380. Before her are Louis Gossett Jr. (1936), Edward Zwick (1952), Russell Means (1939), Paul Romer (1955), George Ord (1781), and Robert Conrad (1935). After her are Robert Sean Leonard (1969), Arielle Dombasle (1953), Captain Beefheart (1941), Jack Kevorkian (1928), Judy Chicago (1939), and Lisa Bonet (1967).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mary Mapes Dodge ranks 266. Before her are Frank McCourt (1930), Neil Postman (1931), Charles Berlitz (1913), Kate Millett (1934), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), and Kate Chopin (1850). After her are Winston Groom (1943), Annie Proulx (1935), Richard Wright (1908), Michael Bishop (1945), Alice B. Toklas (1877), and Ron Kovic (1946).

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