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Phillis Wheatley

1753 - 1784

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Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly (c. 1753 – December 5, 1784) was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Born in West Africa, she was kidnapped and subsequently sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America, where she was bought by the Wheatley family of Boston. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phillis Wheatley has received more than 2,126,004 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Phillis Wheatley is the 681st most popular writer (up from 718th in 2019), the most popular biography from Benin and the most popular Beninese Writer.

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  • 64.53

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Phillis Wheatley ranks 681 out of 7,302. Before her are Marie de France, Maurice Blanchot, Sei Shōnagon, Bernard Gui, André Chénier, and Novatian. After her are Derek Walcott, Joseph of Anchieta, Jacinto Benavente, Claudian, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, and Kang Youwei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Phillis Wheatley ranks 9. Before her are Lazare Carnot, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Utamaro, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, and Benjamin Thompson. After her are Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, Franz Karl Achard, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Samuel Crompton. Among people deceased in 1784, Phillis Wheatley ranks 5. Before her are Denis Diderot, Count of St. Germain, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and Samuel Johnson. After her are Giovanni Battista Martini, Junípero Serra, Torbern Bergman, Otto Friedrich Müller, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, Abraham Trembley, and César-François Cassini de Thury.

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In Benin

Among people born in Benin, Phillis Wheatley ranks 1 out of 25. After her are Mathieu Kérékou (1933), Do-Aklin (1550), Djimon Hounsou (1964), Thomas Boni Yayi (1951), Patrice Talon (1958), Bernardin Gantin (1922), Hubert Maga (1916), Faure Gnassingbé (1966), Angélique Kidjo (1960), Sourou-Migan Apithy (1913), and Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (1917).

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Among WRITERS In Benin

Among writers born in Benin, Phillis Wheatley ranks 1. 

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