WRITER

Sydney, Lady Morgan

1776 - 1859

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Sydney, Lady Morgan (née Owenson; 25 December 1781? – 14 April 1859), was an Irish novelist, best known for The Wild Irish Girl (1806), a romantic, and some critics suggest, "proto-feminist", novel with political and patriotic overtones. Her work, including continental travelogues, sparked controversy and faced censorship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sydney, Lady Morgan has received more than 81,832 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sydney, Lady Morgan is the 5,723rd most popular writer, the 269th most popular biography from Ireland and the 39th most popular Irish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 82k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Woman and her master
History, Jewish women, Social conditions
1840
The wild Irish girl
Fiction, British, Celts
1806
France
Social life and customs, Medicine, Law
1817
Florence Macarthy
Fiction
1818
O'Donnel
Fiction
1814
Woman: or Ida of Athens
1809

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sydney, Lady Morgan ranks 5,723 out of 7,302. Before her are Christoph Ransmayr, Robert Christgau, Federico Moccia, Michel Deguy, Lev Mei, and Regīna Ezera. After her are Dmitri Prigov, Lőrinc Szabó, Pauline Baynes, Kito Lorenc, James E. Gunn, and David Mitchell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Sydney, Lady Morgan ranks 38. Before her are Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, Hirata Atsutane, Henri Dutrochet, Ignaz Schuppanzigh, François Marie Daudin, and José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi. After her are Dániel Berzsenyi, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Amos Eaton, Charles Hamilton Smith, and George M. Bibb. Among people deceased in 1859, Sydney, Lady Morgan ranks 58. Before her are José Miguel de Velasco Franco, Heinrich Zollinger, Eliza Acton, Juan Bautista Ceballos, David Cox, and Thomas Nuttall. After her are Bakht Khan, Leigh Hunt, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Richard Rush, Charles Hamilton Smith, and George M. Bibb.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Sydney, Lady Morgan ranks 269 out of 549. Before her are Paddy Moloney (1938), Eoin Colfer (1965), Jack Lynch (1917), Matt McGrath (1875), Robert O'Hara Burke (1821), and Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865). After her are Harry Clarke (1889), Evanna Lynch (1991), James Cecil Parke (1881), Agnes Mary Clerke (1842), William Henry Harvey (1811), and Brian Downey (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Sydney, Lady Morgan ranks 39. Before her are Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), George Moore (1852), John Connolly (1968), William McGonagall (1825), Michael Scott (1959), and Eoin Colfer (1965). After her are Colum McCann (1965), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Frank Harris (1856), and Nahum Tate (1652).

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