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E. W. Hornung

1866 - 1921

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels. In 1898 he wrote "In the Chains of Crime", which introduced Raffles and his sidekick, Bunny Manders; the characters were based partly on his friends Oscar Wilde and Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and also on the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. E. W. Hornung is the 3,580th most popular writer (up from 6,155th in 2019), the 2,861st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,107th in 2019) and the 324th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, E. W. Hornung ranks 3,580 out of 7,302. Before him are Aisha Taymur, Yuri Rytkheu, Thomas Corneille, Musine Kokalari, Jessie Redmon Fauset, and Dorothea Viehmann. After him are Antoine de la Sale, Torgny Lindgren, Teofilo Folengo, Ozaki Kōyō, Titus Quinctius Atta, and Augusto Monterroso.

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Among people born in 1866, E. W. Hornung ranks 90. Before him are Andrey Lyapchev, Paolo Troubetzkoy, Tristan Bernard, Carl Gustav Witt, Jaan Poska, and Janis Rozentāls. After him are Tilemachos Karakalos, Ernest Starling, Kuroda Seiki, Georg Jensen, Avetis Aharonian, and Euclides da Cunha. Among people deceased in 1921, E. W. Hornung ranks 80. Before him are Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, François Hennebique, Déodat de Séverac, Max Noether, Alexander Dutov, and William Speirs Bruce. After him are Eduardo Dato, Gabriela Zapolska, Alfred Grandidier, Colin Archer, Yaa Asantewaa, and Sándor Wekerle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, E. W. Hornung ranks 2,862 out of 8,785. Before him are Patrick Troughton (1920), Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301), Hayley Atwell (1982), Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831), Henry Wood (1869), and Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863). After him are Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831), Lindsay Kemp (1938), Dennis Viollet (1933), Arthur Waley (1889), Herbert James Draper (1863), and Edward William Lane (1801).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, E. W. Hornung ranks 324. Before him are Richard Hakluyt (1552), Anthony Horowitz (1955), Robert Holdstock (1948), William Ernest Henley (1849), John Osborne (1929), and William Cowper (1731). After him are Arthur Waley (1889), Edward William Lane (1801), Nevil Shute (1899), Alma Reville (1899), Charles Lock Eastlake (1793), and William Robertson Smith (1846).

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