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Anna Sewell

1820 - 1878

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Anna Sewell (; 30 March 1820 – 25 April 1878) was an English novelist who wrote the 1877 novel Black Beauty, her only published work. It is considered one of the top ten best-selling novels for children, although the author intended it for adults. Sewell died only five months after the publication of Black Beauty, but long enough to see her only novel become a success. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Sewell is the 2,712th most popular writer (up from 3,310th in 2019), the 2,259th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,383rd in 2019) and the 249th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Anna Sewell ranks 2,712 out of 7,302Before her are Pierre Grimal, Peter Høeg, Theodorus Gaza, Vazha-Pshavela, Francisco Ayala, and Mihail Sebastian. After her are Yi Kwang-su, Josef Jungmann, Dorothea von Schlegel, Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Mago, and Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft.

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Among people born in 1820, Anna Sewell ranks 35Before her are Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Jeanne Duval, Eugène Fromentin, Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Afanasy Fet, and Alexander Cartwright. After her are Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, Reinhart Dozy, Arvid Posse, Georg Curtius, Maria Severa Onofriana, and Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Among people deceased in 1878, Anna Sewell ranks 37Before her are Mohammed bin Thani, Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, Karl Gutzkow, Đura Jakšić, Maurice Joly, and Josip Runjanin. After her are Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, August Heinrich Petermann, Crawford Long, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Temistocle Solera, and Cirilo Antonio Rivarola.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anna Sewell ranks 2,259 out of 8,785Before her are Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), Andy Gibb (1958), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), Katie Johnson (1878), Alexander Wilson (1766), and Joe Davis (1901). After her are Jimmy Jones (1928), Isabella Beeton (1836), Steve Winwood (1948), Patrick O'Brian (1914), Stephen Morris (1957), and Wilfred Owen (1893).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Anna Sewell ranks 249Before her are Walter Bagehot (1826), Sophie Kinsella (1969), Michael Grant (1914), Thomas Percy (1729), John Wyndham (1903), and David Ogilvy (1911). After her are Patrick O'Brian (1914), Wilfred Owen (1893), Branwell Brontë (1817), George Herbert (1593), J. B. Priestley (1894), and Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868).