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Edith Durham

1863 - 1944

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Mary Edith Durham, (8 December 1863 – 15 November 1944) was a British artist, anthropologist and writer who is best known for her anthropological accounts of life in Albania in the early 20th century. Her advocacy on behalf of the Albanian cause and her Albanophilia gained her the devotion of many Albanians who consider her a national heroine. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edith Durham is the 3,436th most popular writer (up from 3,558th in 2019), the 2,757th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,546th in 2019) and the 312th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Edith Durham ranks 3,436 out of 7,302. Before her are Myrtis of Anthedon, Johann Fischart, Francišak Bahuševič, Ravindra Prabhat, Natsuo Kirino, and Roberto Arlt. After her are Ai Yazawa, Wallace Stevens, Angelos Sikelianos, Futabatei Shimei, Iain Banks, and Mouloud Mammeri.

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Among people born in 1863, Edith Durham ranks 91. Before her are Ioannis Frangoudis, Francis Younghusband, William Robert Ogilvie-Grant, Géza Gárdonyi, Charles Pathé, and Charles Martin Hall. After her are Lyubomir Miletich, Władysław Horodecki, Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, Herbert James Draper, Milka Ternina, and Richard Mollier. Among people deceased in 1944, Edith Durham ranks 198. Before her are Hendrik Willem van Loon, Georges Mandel, Dénes Kőnig, Patriarch Sergius of Moscow, Hana Brady, and Leonid Mandelstam. After her are Peter Struve, Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Luigi Maglione, Edwin Lutyens, Orde Wingate, and Nikolai Kuznetsov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edith Durham ranks 2,758 out of 8,785. Before her are Wade Barrett (1980), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), James Whale (1889), William Bayliss (1860), Kyle Walker (1990), and Quentin Skinner (1940). After her are Joseph Raphson (1648), Asser (900), Iain Banks (1954), Nicollette Sheridan (1963), Paul Hunter (1978), and Bob Peck (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edith Durham ranks 312. Before her are Ford Madox Ford (1873), E. Nesbit (1858), William Hope Hodgson (1877), Frances Burney (1752), Ephraim Chambers (1680), and Prince Henri of Orléans (1867). After her are Iain Banks (1954), Marion Chesney (1936), Jojo Moyes (1969), Peter James (1948), John Winthrop (1588), and Richard Hakluyt (1552).

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