WRITER

Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe

1822 - 1847

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Virginia Eliza Poe (née Clemm; August 15, 1822 – January 30, 1847) was the wife of the American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The couple were first cousins and publicly married when Virginia Clemm was 13 and Poe was 27. Biographers disagree as to the nature of the couple's relationship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe has received more than 2,629,819 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe is the 2,730th most popular writer (up from 3,281st in 2019), the 3,457th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,309th in 2019) and the 300th most popular American Writer.

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  • 2.6M

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  • 60.05

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe ranks 2,730 out of 7,302. Before her are Procopius of Gaza, Peter Bieri, Ryōkan, Cornelia Funke, Marie Marvingt, and Francis Ponge. After her are Ludwig Rellstab, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Vladimir Voinovich, Sebastian Franck, Itzhak Katzenelson, and Takuboku Ishikawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe ranks 43. Before her are Korla Awgust Kocor, Nikolay Danilevsky, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Fritz Müller, Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz, and Princess Augusta of Cambridge. After her are Julius von Haast, Jakob Dubs, Jacob Moleschott, Albrecht Ritschl, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, and Ahmed Cevdet Pasha. Among people deceased in 1847, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe ranks 24. Before her are Charles Hatchett, William II, Elector of Hesse, Ioannis Kolettis, Josef Jungmann, Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil, and Alexandre Deschapelles. After her are Karl Friedrich Burdach, Marie Antoinette Murat, William Smith, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Tyagaraja, and Daniel O'Connell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe ranks 3,457 out of 20,380. Before her are Bonnie Aarons (1979), Madeleine Astor (1893), Don Alden Adams (1925), Scott Bakula (1954), Brian Kobilka (1955), and Percy Sledge (1941). After her are Stephen Curry (1988), Alexander Cartwright (1820), Gig Young (1913), Martin Ritt (1914), Sonny Landham (1941), and Victoria Nuland (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe ranks 300. Before her are Harlan Ellison (1934), Alex Haley (1921), Horace McCoy (1897), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), Henry Darger (1892), and Eric Roth (1945). After her are Stephenie Meyer (1973), Harold Robbins (1916), Carl Bernstein (1944), John Zerzan (1943), Varian Fry (1907), and Larry Niven (1938).

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