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William Cullen Bryant

1794 - 1878

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William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry early in his life. In 1825, Bryant relocated to New York City, where he became an editor of two major newspapers. He also emerged as one of the most significant poets in early literary America and has been grouped among the fireside poets for his accessible and popular poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Cullen Bryant is the 5,248th most popular writer, the 7,592nd most popular biography from United States and the 593rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, William Cullen Bryant ranks 5,248 out of 7,302. Before him are Katherine Neville, Georg Calixtus, Ahmet Haşim, Thomas Ligotti, Kim Myeong-sun, and Erico Verissimo. After him are Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, Thomas Love Peacock, Candace Bushnell, Sara Paretsky, Jiang Rong, and Jacques Laurent.

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Among people born in 1794, William Cullen Bryant ranks 65. Before him are Umihana Čuvidina, Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen, Sabin Berthelot, José Justo Corro, Valentín Canalizo, and Miklós Jósika. After him are Dwarkanath Tagore, George Grote, Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt, Sylvester Graham, Feargus O'Connor, and Thomas Corwin. Among people deceased in 1878, William Cullen Bryant ranks 59. Before him are Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, Manuel Pardo, Palladius, William M. Tweed, Jaroslav Čermák, and Thomas Thomson. After him are Nicolae Golescu, Aleardo Aleardi, George Back, Andrew Scott Waugh, Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, and Francisco Linares Alcántara.

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Among people born in United States, William Cullen Bryant ranks 7,592 out of 20,380. Before him are Katherine Neville (1945), Corey Feldman (1971), Thomas Ligotti (1953), Nancy Kelly (1921), Jerry Hardin (1929), and Alessandro Nivola (1972). After him are Bob Welch (1945), Barbara Loden (1932), Bernard Hopkins (1965), Alley Mills (1951), Barbara Broccoli (1960), and Jimmy Dorsey (1904).

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Among writers born in United States, William Cullen Bryant ranks 593. Before him are Theodora Kroeber (1897), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), Fran Lebowitz (1950), Leo Buscaglia (1924), Katherine Neville (1945), and Thomas Ligotti (1953). After him are Candace Bushnell (1958), Sara Paretsky (1947), Julia Ward Howe (1819), Chester Himes (1909), Holly Black (1971), and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950).

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