WRITER

Sidney Lanier

1842 - 1881

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Sidney Clopton Lanier (February 3, 1842 – September 7, 1881) was an American musician, poet and author. He served in the Confederate States Army as a private, worked on a blockade-running ship for which he was imprisoned (resulting in his catching tuberculosis), taught, worked at a hotel where he gave musical performances, was a church organist, and worked as a lawyer. As a poet he sometimes used dialects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sidney Lanier has received more than 549,600 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Sidney Lanier is the 6,916th most popular writer (down from 6,207th in 2019), the 14,903rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,677th in 2019) and the 1,067th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sidney Lanier ranks 6,916 out of 7,302. Before her are William Kamkwamba, Laurent Gaudé, Natalya Vorozhbyt, Mark Manson, Alexey Dreev, and Vicenç Pagès. After her are Henry Louis Gates Jr., K. A. Applegate, Elena Chizhova, Prvoslav Vujcic, Doris Kareva, and Heston Blumenthal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Sidney Lanier ranks 104. Before her are João Barbosa Rodrigues, Robert Collett, Charles Lapworth, Henry Hyndman, Elliott Coues, and Phoebe Hearst.  Among people deceased in 1881, Sidney Lanier ranks 88. Before her are James Collinson, John C. Pemberton, Isaac Israel Hayes, William Burges, Franz von Dingelstedt, and Thomas François Burgers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sidney Lanier ranks 14,903 out of 20,380. Before her are Angelo Taylor (1978), Christopher Abbott (1986), Ray Lumpp (1923), Mary Lou Retton (1968), Marc Maron (1963), and Jim Doyle (1945). After her are Joanna Newsom (1982), Laurie Bartram (1958), Ted Jensen (1954), Wallace Roney (1960), Angela Bettis (1973), and Robert J. Cenker (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sidney Lanier ranks 1,067. Before her are Ishmael Reed (1938), Robert B. Spencer (1962), Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875), Paul Attanasio (1959), Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1973), and Mark Manson (1984). After her are Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), K. A. Applegate (1956), Jenny Han (1980), Matthew Weiner (1965), Doris Kearns Goodwin (1943), and Meghan McCain (1984).

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