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Anthony Trollope

1815 - 1882

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Anthony Trollope ( TROL-əp; 24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among the best-known of his 47 novels are two series of six novels each collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire and the Palliser novels, as well as his longest novel, The Way We Live Now. His novels address political, social, and gender issues and other topical matters. Trollope's literary reputation dipped during the last years of his life, but he regained somewhat of a following by the mid-20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Trollope is the 1,826th most popular writer (up from 1,955th in 2019), the 1,637th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,497th in 2019) and the 174th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Anthony Trollope ranks 1,826 out of 7,302. Before him are Ruan Ji, Oliver Goldsmith, Peter Shaffer, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Elizabeth Bishop, and Abbot Oliba. After him are Valery Bryusov, Philip José Farmer, Al-Hariri of Basra, Lucinda Riley, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, and David Burliuk.

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Among people born in 1815, Anthony Trollope ranks 27. Before him are Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Giuseppina Strepponi, Constantin von Tischendorf, Alexander von Middendorff, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and George Meade. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Andrew Graham, Charles Renouvier, Wilhelm Peters, Ii Naosuke, and Louise Rasmussen. Among people deceased in 1882, Anthony Trollope ranks 33. Before him are Ewelina Hańska, Jørgen Moe, Henry Draper, Mikhail Skobelev, Henri Giffard, and Joachim Raff. After him are Henry Cole, János Arany, Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Berthold Auerbach, Estanislao Figueras, and Alfred Escher.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Trollope ranks 1,637 out of 8,785. Before him are William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Peter Shaffer (1926), Dave Sexton (1930), George Grenville (1712), George Bentham (1800), and Frances Shand Kydd (1936). After him are John Hanning Speke (1827), Julian Glover (1935), James Cosmo (1947), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Lucinda Riley (1965), and Thomas Hodgkin (1798).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Anthony Trollope ranks 174. Before him are Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Aphra Behn (1640), Colin Dexter (1930), Ted Hughes (1930), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), and Peter Shaffer (1926). After him are Lucinda Riley (1965), Walafrid Strabo (808), R. M. Ballantyne (1825), John Christopher (1922), Hugh Lofting (1886), and Arthur Machen (1863).

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