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Booker T. Washington

1856 - 1915

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Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite. Born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Hale's Ford, Virginia, Washington was freed when U.S. troops reached the area during the Civil War. As a young man, Booker T. Washington worked his way through Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and attended college at Wayland Seminary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Booker T. Washington is the 3,298th most popular writer (up from 3,434th in 2019), the 4,752nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,377th in 2019) and the 374th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Booker T. Washington ranks 3,298 out of 7,302. Before him are Shen Congwen, Rhianus, E. Pauline Johnson, John Zerzan, Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, and Richard Baxter. After him are Borislav Pekić, Nataliya Kobrynska, Leopoldo Lugones, Viktor Astafyev, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, and Driss Chraïbi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Booker T. Washington ranks 77. Before him are Princess Isabella of Croÿ, Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Willem Kes, Franz Roubaud, Giuseppe Martucci, and Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau. After him are Nigâr Hanım, Robert Kajanus, André Gedalge, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, Wojciech Kossak, and Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo. Among people deceased in 1915, Booker T. Washington ranks 67. Before him are Henry Roscoe, Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, Morgan Robertson, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Raffaello Giovagnoli, and Arthur Hughes. After him are Hugo Schiff, Béla Kiss, Louis Pergaud, Stojan Novaković, Mari Beyleryan, and Fanny Crosby.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Booker T. Washington ranks 4,752 out of 20,380. Before him are Grace Moore (1898), Lorraine Gary (1937), Mike Love (1941), Adam Rodriguez (1975), Nick Cassavetes (1959), and Tim Meadows (1961). After him are Billy Sheehan (1953), Clifton James (1920), Marcian Hoff (1937), Allan Sandage (1926), Michael Winslow (1958), and James Denton (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Booker T. Washington ranks 374. Before him are Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897), E. E. Smith (1890), Amy Lowell (1874), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Donna Tartt (1963), and John Zerzan (1943). After him are Edmund White (1940), John Perkins (1945), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), Horace McCoy (1897), Mike Mentzer (1951), and James Rollins (1961).

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