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Anna Katharine Green

1846 - 1935

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Katharine Green is the 3,780th most popular writer (up from 4,408th in 2019), the 5,451st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,878th in 2019) and the 434th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Anna Katharine Green ranks 3,780 out of 7,302. Before her are Gideon Levy, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Meir Shalev, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Dorothee Sölle, and V. C. Andrews. After her are Murray Leinster, César Aira, Georg Sauerwein, Kim Sowol, Jiří Dienstbier, and Mikhail Isakovsky.

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Among people born in 1846, Anna Katharine Green ranks 77. Before her are Charles Stewart Parnell, Giuseppe De Nittis, Vladimir Makovsky, Seth Carlo Chandler, William Robertson Smith, and Lewis Boss. After her are Anna Kingsford, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Sophie Menter, Hayranidil Kadın, Friedrich Paulsen, and Albert Chmielowski. Among people deceased in 1935, Anna Katharine Green ranks 101. Before her are Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, Jackson Showalter, Richard Mollier, Georg Jensen, Chiquinha Gonzaga, and Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas. After her are Charles Demuth, Bernhard Britz, Jules Cambon, Tsubouchi Shōyō, Emil Młynarski, and Daniel Salamanca Urey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anna Katharine Green ranks 5,451 out of 20,380. Before her are Rick James (1948), Richard Kiley (1922), James Russo (1953), Florence Lee (1888), Howard Keel (1919), and V. C. Andrews (1923). After her are Murray Leinster (1896), David Geffen (1943), Andrew Robinson (1942), Jane Adams (1965), Carmen McRae (1922), and Mike Todd (1909).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Anna Katharine Green ranks 434. Before her are Douglas Preston (1956), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Spencer Johnson (1938), Dennis Lehane (1965), and V. C. Andrews (1923). After her are Murray Leinster (1896), Donald Barthelme (1931), Marianne Moore (1887), Bill Bryson (1951), Zoe Akins (1886), and Sara Teasdale (1884).

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