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Christina Rossetti

1830 - 1894

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Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst, Katherine Kennicott Davis, and Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", also set by Darke and other composers. She was a sister of the artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and features in several of his paintings. Some of her early poetry, such as "Goblin Market", was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christina Rossetti is the 2,194th most popular writer (up from 2,277th in 2019), the 1,895th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,690th in 2019) and the 204th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Christina Rossetti ranks 2,194 out of 7,302. Before her are Ai Qing, Sébastien Japrisot, Raymond E. Feist, Julian Tuwim, Anton Bernolák, and Sven Nordqvist. After her are Kuvempu, Lidia Zamenhof, Izumi Shikibu, Anne Applebaum, Bernardus Silvestris, and Michel Leiris.

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Among people born in 1830, Christina Rossetti ranks 40. Before her are Theodor Leschetizky, Yoshida Shōin, Henry Bird, Alexei Savrasov, Albert Bierstadt, and Guido Gezelle. After her are Henry Flagler, Luigi Cremona, Kamehameha V, Harriet Lane, Kálmán Tisza, and Karl Christian Bruhns. Among people deceased in 1894, Christina Rossetti ranks 31. Before her are Alexander von Middendorff, William Waddington, August Kundt, R. M. Ballantyne, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, and Guillaume Lekeu. After her are Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, Sante Geronimo Caserio, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, Amelia Bloomer, Philipp Spitta, and Władysław Czartoryski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christina Rossetti ranks 1,895 out of 8,785. Before her are Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), Princess Beatrice of York (1988), Evelyn De Morgan (1855), Hugh Fraser (1945), Steven Runciman (1903), and Gytha of Wessex (1053). After her are Thomas Beecham (1879), Dunstan (909), Sean Harris (1966), Paul Graham (1964), Peter Taylor (1928), and Gordon Ramsay (1966).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Christina Rossetti ranks 204. Before her are Marjorie Boulton (1924), Kingsley Amis (1922), Arthur Young (1741), Richard Aldington (1892), Brian Aldiss (1925), and Terry Eagleton (1943). After her are Richard Adams (1920), Martin Amis (1949), Edward Young (1683), John Skelton (1460), Clive Barker (1952), and Allen Carr (1934).

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