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Sarah Josepha Hale

1788 - 1879

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Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879) was an American writer, activist, and editor of the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War, Godey's Lady's Book. She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarah Josepha Hale has received more than 467,210 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Josepha Hale is the 6,606th most popular writer (down from 5,915th in 2019), the 12,936th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,720th in 2019) and the 941st most popular American Writer.

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  • 470k

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  • 39.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 6,606 out of 7,302. Before her are Steven S. DeKnight, Johanna Sinisalo, Robert Seethaler, Paul Dini, Louis de Bernières, and Sayaka Murata. After her are Paolo Bacigalupi, Ann C. Crispin, Dulce Chacón, Nat Hentoff, John Patrick Shanley, and Alan Dundes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 60. Before her are Hugh Clapperton, Charles Robert Cockerell, William Henry Smyth, Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker, John Canfield Spencer, and Prideaux John Selby.  Among people deceased in 1879, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 70. Before her are George Caleb Bingham, Jacob Abbott, Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, John Adams Dix, Caleb Cushing, and Angelina Grimké. After her are Henry Sewell, William Allen, and Zachariah Chandler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 12,936 out of 20,380. Before her are William Beaudine (1892), Roxanne Seeman (1954), Phil Morris (1959), John Ruiz (1972), Priscilla Barnes (1954), and Joseph Campanella (1924). After her are Paolo Bacigalupi (1972), Harley Jane Kozak (1957), Ann C. Crispin (1950), Katrina Leskanich (1960), Lisa Nowak (1963), and Nat Hentoff (1925).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 941. Before her are David Gerrold (1944), Kerry Kennedy (1959), Hugh Howey (1975), Joseph Wambaugh (1937), Steven S. DeKnight (1910), and Paul Dini (1957). After her are Paolo Bacigalupi (1972), Ann C. Crispin (1950), Nat Hentoff (1925), John Patrick Shanley (1950), Alan Dundes (1934), and Melissa Rosenberg (1962).

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