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Nathaniel Parker Willis

1806 - 1867

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Nathaniel Parker Willis (January 20, 1806 – January 20, 1867), also known as N. P. Willis, was an American writer, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became the highest-paid magazine writer of his day. His brother was the composer Richard Storrs Willis and his sister Sara wrote under the name Fanny Fern. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nathaniel Parker Willis has received more than 162,492 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nathaniel Parker Willis is the 6,118th most popular writer (down from 5,863rd in 2019), the 10,318th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,406th in 2019) and the 769th most popular American Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

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  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 6,118 out of 7,302. Before him are Andrzej Stasiuk, Margaret Oliphant, Roma Ryan, Robert B. Sherman, Julia Alvarez, and Lady Charlotte Guest. After him are Elizabeth F. Ellet, Kathryn Stockett, Rolf Jacobsen, Louis Sachar, Michael Lewis, and Darren Shan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 62. Before him are Pascual Madoz, Blanka Teleki, Christian August Friedrich Peters, Henry Kellett, William Fothergill Cooke, and Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco. After him are Leonidas Polk, John B. Floyd, Henry A. Wise, William P. Fessenden, and William Gilmore Simms. Among people deceased in 1867, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 60. Before him are Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Charles John Andersson, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Ira Aldridge, and Robert Smirke. After him are Sterling Price, Prideaux John Selby, and Thomas Francis Meagher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 10,318 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary Lambert (1951), Julia Alvarez (1950), Jenna Presley (1987), Keith Andrews (1920), Todd Howard (1971), and Malachi Throne (1928). After him are Jerry Doyle (1956), Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818), Mickey Kantor (1939), Dan White (1946), Dean Smith (1932), and Shy Love (1978).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 769. Before him are Brad Falchuk (1971), Lydia Maria Child (1802), Dorothy Allison (1949), George B. Seitz (1888), Robert B. Sherman (1925), and Julia Alvarez (1950). After him are Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818), Kathryn Stockett (1969), Louis Sachar (1954), Michael Lewis (1960), Kevin J. Anderson (1962), and David Halberstam (1934).

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