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Mary Wollstonecraft

1759 - 1797

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Mary Wollstonecraft (UK: WUUL-stən-krahft, US: -⁠kraft; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional (at the time) personal relationships, received more attention than her writing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Wollstonecraft has received more than 5,577,753 page views. Her biography is available in 99 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2019). Mary Wollstonecraft is the 282nd most popular writer (down from 233rd in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 180th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Writer.

Mary Wollstonecraft is most famous for her book, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman." The book argued that women should be given the same opportunities as men.

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  • 5.6M

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  • 74.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 99

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mary Wollstonecraft ranks 282 out of 7,302. Before her are Alphonse Daudet, Kenzaburō Ōe, Italo Calvino, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, and Paul Heyse. After her are Alfonso X of Castile, William Golding, Alberto Moravia, Paul Valéry, Philip K. Dick, and Marcus Terentius Varro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Mary Wollstonecraft ranks 4. Before her are Friedrich Schiller, Georges Danton, and Joseph Fouché. After her are Maria Feodorovna, Robert Burns, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, William Pitt the Younger, William Wilberforce, Clotilde of France, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, and Maria Theresia von Paradis. Among people deceased in 1797, Mary Wollstonecraft ranks 4. Before her are Baron Munchausen, Frederick William II of Prussia, and Edmund Burke. After her are François-Noël Babeuf, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, James Hutton, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Lazare Hoche, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Vilna Gaon, and Joseph Wright of Derby.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Wollstonecraft ranks 195 out of 8,785. Before her are Saint Ursula (400), Jason Statham (1967), Arthur Henderson (1863), Ken Loach (1936), Pete Townshend (1945), and Arnold J. Toynbee (1889). After her are Charles II of England (1630), William Golding (1911), James Chadwick (1891), John Wycliffe (1324), Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843), and Arthur C. Clarke (1917).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mary Wollstonecraft ranks 24. Before her are Roald Dahl (1916), William Blake (1757), Anna Wintour (1949), J. K. Rowling (1965), John Milton (1608), and Geoffrey Chaucer (1343). After her are William Golding (1911), Arthur C. Clarke (1917), Anne Brontë (1820), C. S. Lewis (1898), William Wordsworth (1770), and Ken Follett (1949).

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