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Sarah Fuller Flower Adams

1805 - 1848

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Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (or Sally Adams) (22 February 1805 – 14 August 1848) was an English poet and hymnwriter. A selection of hymns she wrote, published by William Johnson Fox, included her best-known one, "Nearer, My God, to Thee", reportedly played by the band as the RMS Titanic sank in 1912. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Sarah Fuller Flower Adams is the 5,628th most popular writer (down from 3,820th in 2024), the 4,570th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,727th in 2019) and the 496th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams ranks 5,628 out of 7,302. Before her are Martin Litchfield West, Jean-Jacques Schuhl, Stephen Leacock, Blas de Otero, Steven Pressfield, and Josip Jurčič. After her are Elvira Lindo, Sándor Kisfaludy, Olivier Rolin, Kazimierz Brodziński, Josipina Turnograjska, and Snorri Hjartarson.

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Among people born in 1805, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams ranks 74. Before her are Josef Danhauser, Michael Sars, Samuel Ryan Curtis, William Harrison Ainsworth, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, and Samuel Palmer. After her are Tomás Frías, James Wilson, Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, Angelina Grimké, and Horatio Greenough. Among people deceased in 1848, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams ranks 59. Before her are Vasily Stasov, Yevhen Hrebinka, Heinrich Zschokke, Francis Crozier, Avdotia Istomina, and Javier de Burgos. After her are Isaac D'Israeli, and Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams ranks 4,571 out of 8,785. Before her are Eddie Colman (1936), Jimmy Hogan (1882), John Urry (1946), Peter R. Hunt (1925), Phoebe Dynevor (1995), and Richard Haydn (1905). After her are John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690), Kenneth More (1914), Daphne Oram (1925), John Braine (1922), John Beazley (1885), and Ann Cleeves (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams ranks 496. Before her are Thomas Linacre (1460), William Martin Leake (1777), Sam Houser (1972), Henry Lincoln (1930), Martin Litchfield West (1937), and Stephen Leacock (1869). After her are John Braine (1922), Ann Cleeves (1954), Jonathan Coe (1961), John Masefield (1878), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), and Walter de la Mare (1873).

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