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Nathaniel Hawthorne

1804 - 1864

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that town. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nathaniel Hawthorne has received more than 4,996,460 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Nathaniel Hawthorne is the 535th most popular writer (down from 475th in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from United States (down from 480th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Writer.

Nathaniel Hawthorne is most famous for his novel, The Scarlet Letter.

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  • 79

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  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nathaniel Hawthorne ranks 535 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard Bach, José Martí, Tyrtaeus, Robert Walser, Franz Werfel, and Jacob L. Moreno. After him are Kazuo Ishiguro, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Paul Claudel, T. S. Eliot, Bai Juyi, and Gaston Leroux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne ranks 13. Before him are Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Emil Lenz, Allan Kardec, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Mongkut, and Mikhail Glinka. After him are Richard Owen, Marie Taglioni, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Eugène Sue, John Deere, and Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve. Among people deceased in 1864, Nathaniel Hawthorne ranks 8. Before him are Ferdinand Lassalle, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Cheoljong of Joseon, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Vuk Karadžić, and Hong Xiuquan. After him are Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, William I of Württemberg, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Leo von Klenze, Konstanty Kalinowski, and Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nathaniel Hawthorne ranks 548 out of 20,380. Before him are Ernest Borgnine (1917), Theodore William Richards (1868), Richard Bach (1936), James B. Sumner (1887), Joseph McCarthy (1908), and Raquel Welch (1940). After him are Burt Young (1940), Bob Beamon (1946), Harold Lloyd (1893), Chet Baker (1929), Donna Summer (1948), and Terry Gilliam (1940).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nathaniel Hawthorne ranks 52. Before him are George R. R. Martin (1948), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Tom Clancy (1947), Alvin Toffler (1928), Tennessee Williams (1911), and Richard Bach (1936). After him are T. S. Eliot (1888), Sidney Sheldon (1917), William S. Burroughs (1914), James Baldwin (1924), Allen Ginsberg (1926), and Ellen G. White (1827).

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