WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mercy Otis Warren has received more than 563,998 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Mercy Otis Warren is the 6,696th most popular writer (down from 6,108th in 2019), the 13,448th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,926th in 2019) and the 985th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mercy Otis Warren ranks 6,696 out of 7,302Before her are Anthony E. Zuiker, Nadav Lapid, Sara Stridsberg, William Safire, Marius von Mayenburg, and Joumana Haddad. After her are Wolf Haas, Alex Hirsch, Boris Izaguirre, Terrence McNally, Nic Pizzolatto, and Narine Abgaryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Mercy Otis Warren ranks 35Before her are Johann Gerhard König, John Wilkinson, Ivan Polzunov, Pietro Verri, Thomas Warton, and Caesar Rodney.  Among people deceased in 1814, Mercy Otis Warren ranks 34Before her are Jean Reynier, August Wilhelm Iffland, Andrey Voronikhin, Joseph Bramah, Robert Treat Paine, and Nicholas Gilman. After her is Benjamin Williams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mercy Otis Warren ranks 13,448 out of 20,380Before her are Danny Woodburn (1964), Charles D. Walker (1948), Jaime Bergman (1975), Jeremy Soule (1975), Mark Stevens (1916), and William S. McArthur (1951). After her are Edward Bates (1793), Christopher Gorham (1974), Anne Donovan (1961), Constance Titus (1873), Tito Ortiz (1975), and David Nutter (1960).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mercy Otis Warren ranks 985Before her are Julia Phillips (1944), Al Jean (1961), Joseph Finder (1958), Jill Abramson (1954), Anthony E. Zuiker (1968), and William Safire (1929). After her are Alex Hirsch (1985), Terrence McNally (1938), Nic Pizzolatto (1975), Alice Stone Blackwell (1857), John Seigenthaler (1927), and Sarah J. Maas (1986).