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Mercy Otis Warren

1728 - 1814

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Mercy Otis Warren (September 25, 1728 – October 19, 1814) was an American activist poet, playwright, and pamphleteer during the American Revolution. During the years before the Revolution, she had published poems and plays that attacked royal authority in Massachusetts and urged colonists to resist British infringements on colonial rights and liberties. She was married to James Warren, who was likewise heavily active in the independence movement. During the debate over the United States Constitution in 1788, she issued a pamphlet, Observations on the new Constitution, and on the Federal and State Conventions, written under the pseudonym "A Columbian Patriot", that opposed ratification of the document and advocated the inclusion of a Bill of Rights. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Mercy Otis Warren is the 6,917th most popular writer (down from 6,696th in 2024), the 14,833rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,443rd in 2019) and the 1,052nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Mercy Otis Warren ranks 6,917 out of 7,302. Before her are James T. Farrell, Rahat Indori, Nic Pizzolatto, Kaori Ekuni, Robert C. Cooper, and Boris Izaguirre. After her are Ingrid Klimke, Daniele Ganser, Jérôme Ferrari, Nahoko Uehashi, MacKinlay Kantor, and H. Beam Piper.

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Among people born in 1728, Mercy Otis Warren ranks 35. Before her are Pietro Verri, Maria Angela Ardinghelli, Ivan Polzunov, John Wilkinson, Thomas Warton, and Caesar Rodney.  Among people deceased in 1814, Mercy Otis Warren ranks 34. Before her are Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Robert Treat Paine, August Wilhelm Iffland, Andrey Voronikhin, Joseph Bramah, and Nicholas Gilman. After her is Benjamin Williams.

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Among people born in United States, Mercy Otis Warren ranks 14,837 out of 20,380. Before her are Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (1990), Norris Cole (1988), Brandon Flowers (1981), Lisa Ann Walter (1963), Charlie Clouser (1963), and Jacqueline Hewitt (1958). After her are James W. Nye (1815), Bridgit Mendler (1992), Bill Dixon (1925), Yurizan Beltran (1986), Michael Weston (1973), and Richard Corliss (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mercy Otis Warren ranks 1,052. Before her are Peter Schiff (1963), James Gleick (1954), Mark Z. Danielewski (1966), William Gilmore Simms (1806), James T. Farrell (1904), and Nic Pizzolatto (1975). After her are MacKinlay Kantor (1904), H. Beam Piper (1904), Michael Goldenberg (1965), Jay McInerney (1955), Dave Eggers (1970), and Howard Gordon (1961).

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