WRITER

Clara Reeve

1729 - 1807

Clara Reeve

Clara Reeve (23 January 1729 – 3 December 1807) was an English novelist best known for the Gothic novel The Old English Baron (1777). She also wrote an innovative history of prose fiction, The Progress of Romance (1785). Her first work was a translation from Latin, at the time a language unusual for a woman to learn. She was a near-contemporary of the bluestockings ladies of Elizabeth Montague's circle. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clara Reeve is the 5,564th most popular writer (down from 5,200th in 2019), the 4,489th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,891st in 2019) and the 485th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Clara Reeve ranks 5,564 out of 7,302. Before her are Scott Turow, Michel Deguy, Fredric Wertham, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Irmtraud Morgner, and Patrick Rothfuss. After her are George Lillo, James C. Collins, Delfina Bunge, Norman Cousins, Warren Farrell, and El-Registan.

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Scott Turow
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 5,558
Michel Deguy
1930 - 2022
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 5,559
Fredric Wertham
1895 - 1981
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 5,560
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
1836 - 1907
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 5,561
Irmtraud Morgner
1933 - 1990
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 5,562
Patrick Rothfuss
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 5,563
Clara Reeve
1729 - 1807
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 5,564
George Lillo
1691 - 1739
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 5,565
James C. Collins
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 5,566
Delfina Bunge
1881 - 1952
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 5,567
Norman Cousins
1915 - 1990
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 5,568
Warren Farrell
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 5,569
El-Registan
1899 - 1945
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 5,570

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Clara Reeve ranks 31. Before her are Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, Michael Denis, Pierre André de Suffren, Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, and Ivan Argunov. After her are Fyodor Volkov, and Josiah Bartlett. Among people deceased in 1807, Clara Reeve ranks 28. Before her are Franciszek Smuglewicz, Sophie von La Roche, Joseph Brant, Johann III Bernoulli, Mikhail Kheraskov, and Oliver Ellsworth. After her are Louise du Pierry, John Opie, Abraham Baldwin, and Alexander Martin.

Others Born in 1729

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Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1729 - 1794
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 25
Michael Denis
WRITER
1729 - 1800
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 26
Pierre André de Suffren
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1729 - 1788
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 27
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny
COMPOSER
1729 - 1817
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 28
Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe
ARCHITECT
1729 - 1800
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 29
Ivan Argunov
PAINTER
1729 - 1802
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 30
Clara Reeve
WRITER
1729 - 1807
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 31
Fyodor Volkov
ACTOR
1729 - 1763
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 32
Josiah Bartlett
POLITICIAN
1729 - 1795
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 33