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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. Many of his poems are written in heightened, but often archaic, American English. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Sidney Lanier is the 7,005th most popular writer (down from 6,917th in 2024), the 15,394th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,898th in 2019) and the 1,086th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Sidney Lanier ranks 7,005 out of 7,302. Before her are Louisa Lawson, Noel Streatfeild, David Sedaris, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, Maggie O'Farrell, and Cho Nam-joo. After her are Çiler İlhan, Raja Rao, Cyril Montana, Aravind Adiga, Kage Baker, and Marian Keyes.

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Among people born in 1842, Sidney Lanier ranks 104. Before her are Mary MacKillop, Alexander Voeikov, Henry Hyndman, Elliott Coues, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, and Phoebe Hearst.  Among people deceased in 1881, Sidney Lanier ranks 88. Before her are Alexandru G. Golescu, Josip Jurčič, James Collinson, Franz von Dingelstedt, John C. Pemberton, and Thomas François Burgers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sidney Lanier ranks 15,400 out of 20,380. Before her are Grace Phipps (1992), Jennifer Paige (1973), Paul Ginsparg (1955), Stephon Marbury (1977), Mark Tremonti (1974), and Briana Evigan (1986). After her are Gretchen Carlson (1966), Michael Bell (1938), Charles Nelson Reilly (1931), Joe Gans (1874), Dave Heineman (1948), and Gedde Watanabe (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sidney Lanier ranks 1,086. Before her are Marc Laidlaw (1960), Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875), Edwin O'Connor (1918), Alfred Gough (1967), Ann Leckie (1966), and David Sedaris (1956). After her are Kage Baker (1952), Carl Hiaasen (1953), Edward P. Jones (1950), Ernest Cline (1972), Allen Drury (1918), and Kate DiCamillo (1964).

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