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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 author, 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 151,524 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nathaniel Parker Willis is the 5,885th most popular writer (down from 5,217th in 2019), the 11,432nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,033rd in 2019) and the 854th most popular American Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 39.16

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

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  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 5,885 out of 5,755Before him are Tom Egeland, William H. Gass, Kim Thúy, Phyllis A. Whitney, Wilma Mankiller, and George S. Kaufman. After him are Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Ruth Graham, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Monika Fagerholm, August Wilson, and Oliver Friggieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 56Before him are Martín Carrera, Blanka Teleki, Aristeidis Moraitinis, Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, Leonidas Polk, and John B. Floyd. After him is William P. Fessenden. Among people deceased in 1867, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 58Before him are Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Athanasios Miaoulis, Prideaux John Selby, Robert Smirke, and Sterling Price.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 11,432 out of 18,182Before him are Robert J. Bentley (1943), Sean Faris (1982), Lauren Tom (1961), Charles Adkins (1932), Danny Thomas (1912), and Lake Bell (1979). After him are Richard O. Covey (1946), Mike Fisher (1943), Audrey Meadows (1922), Shawn Pyfrom (1986), Linda Emond (1959), and Kim Wayans (1961).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 854Before him are Stephen Chbosky (1970), James Gleick (1954), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), William H. Gass (1924), Wilma Mankiller (1945), and George S. Kaufman (1889). After him are Jonathan Rosenbaum (1943), August Wilson (1945), Frances Harper (1825), Marc Connelly (1890), Keith Cooke (1959), and Studs Terkel (1912).