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Sabine Baring-Gould

1834 - 1924

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Sabine Baring-Gould ( SAY-bin BAIR-ing GOOLD; 28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1,240 publications, though this list continues to grow. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers",, and "Now the Day Is Over". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sabine Baring-Gould has received more than 462,668 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sabine Baring-Gould is the 6,157th most popular writer, the 5,795th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 639th most popular British Writer.

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  • 15

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  • 3.46

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Among writers, Sabine Baring-Gould ranks 6,157 out of 5,755Before him are Peter Pišťanek, Rubén Gallego, Alexandre Jardin, Maylis de Kerangal, Noah Hawley, and Bosley Crowther. After him are Sara Stridsberg, David X. Cohen, Elaine Showalter, Tom Rob Smith, John Mortimer, and Jenni Haukio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Sabine Baring-Gould ranks 88Before him are Rafael Zaldívar, James Gibbons, José Eugenio Ellauri, Thomas François Burgers, John G. Carlisle, and Frederick DuCane Godman.  Among people deceased in 1924, Sabine Baring-Gould ranks 120Before him are Archibald Geikie, Henry Cabot Lodge, Wollert Konow, Edwin Montagu, Louise Rayner, and Samuel Gompers. After him is William Robert Ogilvie-Grant.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sabine Baring-Gould ranks 5,795 out of 7,765Before him are Maxwell Caulfield (1959), Thomas Mitchell (1792), Cameron Borthwick-Jackson (1997), Julian Marley (1975), Sophie Rundle (1988), and John Sessions (1953). After him are Eric Dier (1994), Mark Drakeford (1954), Poly Styrene (1957), Jools Holland (1958), John Lundvik (1983), and Andrew Airlie (1961).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Sabine Baring-Gould ranks 639Before him are Charles Stross (1964), Hugh MacDiarmid (1892), Carol Ann Duffy (1955), Robert Bridges (1844), Sebastian Faulks (1953), and Eric Linklater (1899). After him are Tom Rob Smith (1979), John Mortimer (1923), Benjamin Jowett (1817), Andrea Levy (1956), Anna Burns (1962), and Laurie Lee (1914).