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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 443,731 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sarah Josepha Hale is the 5,938th most popular writer (down from 5,358th in 2019), the 11,747th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,983rd in 2019) and the 879th most popular American Writer.

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  • 440k

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  • 38.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 5,938 out of 5,755Before her are Russell Simmons, Ramon Solsona i Sancho, R. D. Blackmore, Wladimir Kaminer, Coventry Patmore, and Andrew Kevin Walker. After her are Wayne C. Booth, Nadav Lapid, Naomi Mitchison, Jáchym Topol, Oliver La Farge, and Stanley Kunitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 55Before her are Károly Kisfaludy, Hugh Clapperton, William Henry Smyth, Charles Robert Cockerell, Prideaux John Selby, and John Canfield Spencer.  Among people deceased in 1879, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 66Before her are John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, George Caleb Bingham, Richard H. Anderson, Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, John Adams Dix, and Caleb Cushing. After her is Zachariah Chandler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 11,747 out of 18,182Before her are Andrew Kevin Walker (1964), Elliott Coues (1842), James van Hoften (1944), John Kiffmeyer (1969), Charles Murray (1943), and Daws Butler (1916). After her are Wayne C. Booth (1921), Marc Andreessen (1971), Melissa Hill (1970), Randy Williams (1953), Margaret Whiting (1924), and Dean Malenko (1960).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 879Before her are Robert Hunter (1941), Sarah Winnemucca (1844), Kevin Poulsen (1965), Emma Willard (1787), Russell Simmons (1957), and Andrew Kevin Walker (1964). After her are Wayne C. Booth (1921), Oliver La Farge (1901), Stanley Kunitz (1905), Leslie Feinberg (1949), Joel Surnow (1955), and Ogden Nash (1902).