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Ann Radcliffe

1764 - 1823

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Ann Radcliffe (née Ward; 9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English novelist who pioneered the Gothic novel, and a minor poet. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, was published in 1794. She is also remembered for The Romance of the Forest (1791) and The Italian (1797). Her novels combine suspenseful narratives, exotic historical settings, and apparently-supernatural events which turn out to have rational explanations. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ann Radcliffe is the 1,021st most popular writer (down from 928th in 2019), the 942nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 705th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular British Writer.

Ann Radcliffe was a British author, best known for her novel The Mysteries of Udolpho.

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Among writers, Ann Radcliffe ranks 1,021 out of 7,302. Before her are Yosa Buson, Fyodor Tyutchev, Nicolas Chamfort, Johann Peter Eckermann, Clément Marot, and Eleanor H. Porter. After her are John Fowles, Gregory Skovoroda, Egeria, Madeleine de Scudéry, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Alexandra David-Néel.

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Among people born in 1764, Ann Radcliffe ranks 4. Before her are Élisabeth of France, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, and Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr. After her are José Gervasio Artigas, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, John Goodricke, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Fletcher Christian, Alexander Mackenzie, and Nikolai Rezanov. Among people deceased in 1823, Ann Radcliffe ranks 10. Before her are Louis-Nicolas Davout, Lazare Carnot, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Jacques Charles, Charles François Dumouriez, and André-Jacques Garnerin. After her are Rafael del Riego, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Edmund Cartwright, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, and Markos Botsaris.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ann Radcliffe ranks 942 out of 8,785. Before her are Rob Halford (1951), Simon Cowell (1959), Thomas Hill Green (1836), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Thomas Cook (1808), and Ray Milland (1907). After her are John Fowles (1926), George Martin (1926), William Penn (1645), Naomi Watts (1968), Damon Hill (1960), and G. I. Taylor (1886).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ann Radcliffe ranks 102. Before her are Percy Fawcett (1867), Samuel Butler (1612), Bruce Chatwin (1940), Philip Pullman (1946), George Gissing (1857), and E. M. Forster (1879). After her are John Fowles (1926), Thomas Malory (1405), Edmund Spenser (1552), James Hadley Chase (1906), John Dryden (1631), and Robert Graves (1895).

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