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Sarah Trimmer

1741 - 1810

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Sarah Trimmer (née Kirby; 6 January 1741 – 15 December 1810) was an English writer and critic of 18th-century British children's literature, as well as an educational reformer. Her periodical, The Guardian of Education, helped to define the emerging genre by seriously reviewing children's literature for the first time; it also provided the first history of children's literature, establishing a canon of the early landmarks of the genre that scholars still use today. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarah Trimmer has received more than 94,571 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Trimmer is the 6,025th most popular writer, the 4,892nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 547th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 95k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Fabulous histories
Juvenile fiction, Animal welfare, Early works to 1800
The first of these period pieces is an exhortation to children to be kind to animals using fictional incidents in a human and a robin family. The second features a gentle and pious creature who, even in death, inspires those around her.
1786
New and comprehensive lessons
History of Biblical events, N.T, English Bible stories
1818
An easy introduction to the knowledge of nature
Natural history, Juvenile literature
1780
Fabulous histories
1808
The history of the robins
Juvenile literature, Juvenile fiction, Birds
1821
Prints of the New Testament
Bible
1803
The history of the robins
Juvenile literature, Juvenile fiction, Birds
1821
The story of the robins
Animal welfare, Juvenile fiction, Birds
1870
Fabulous histories
1808
The history of the robins
Conduct of life, Juvenile fiction
This period piece is an exhortation to children to be kind to animals using fictional incidents in a human and a robin family.
1850
Prints of the New Testament
Bible
1803
Fabulous histories
Juvenile fiction, Animal welfare, Early works to 1800
The first of these period pieces is an exhortation to children to be kind to animals using fictional incidents in a human and a robin family. The second features a gentle and pious creature who, even in death, inspires those around her.
1786

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sarah Trimmer ranks 6,025 out of 7,302. Before her are Nella Larsen, Šatrijos Ragana, Anna J. Cooper, Dick Cavett, Andy Weir, and Charles Le Goffic. After her are Penelope Lively, Karin Alvtegen, Agustín Durán, Maria Janion, Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, and Anne Fine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Sarah Trimmer ranks 29. Before her are José Cadalso, Franciszek Karpiński, William Withering, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Charles Willson Peale, and Carl Hindenburg. After her are John Langdon, Samuel Chase, Thomas Fitzsimons, and George Walton. Among people deceased in 1810, Sarah Trimmer ranks 34. Before her are Daniel Gottlob Türk, Charles Brockden Brown, John Hoppner, Johann Gottfried Seume, William Martin, and Tomás António Gonzaga.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sarah Trimmer ranks 4,892 out of 8,785. Before her are Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Charles Hefferon (1878), Robin Sachs (1951), Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862), Judy Parfitt (1935), and Ralph Ineson (1969). After her are Lily Allen (1985), Jenny Beavan (1950), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Irving Rapper (1898), Clive Donner (1926), and Anne Fine (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Sarah Trimmer ranks 547. Before her are Francis Chichester (1901), Alex Garland (1970), Lucy Hawking (1969), David Storey (1933), Sarah Waters (1966), and Philippa Pearce (1920). After her are Anne Fine (1947), Izaak Walton (1593), Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884), Iolo Morganwg (1747), Malcolm Gladwell (1963), and John Braine (1922).

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