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Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

1878 - 1957

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Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany (; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957), commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. He published more than 90 books during his lifetime, and his output consisted of hundreds of short stories, plays, novels, and essays; further works were published posthumously. Having gained a name in the 1910s as a writer in the English-speaking world, he is best known today for the 1924 fantasy novel The King of Elfland's Daughter, and his first book, The Gods of Pegāna, which depicts a fictional pantheon. Many critics feel his early work laid grounds for the fantasy genre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany is the 930th most popular writer (up from 2,513th in 2019), the 870th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,856th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 930 out of 7,302. Before him are Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Emanuel Schikaneder, Aristophanes of Byzantium, Ľudovít Štúr, Marie d'Agoult, and Hans Sachs. After him are Katherine Mansfield, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Aelius Donatus, Jan Neruda, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and David Irving.

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Among people born in 1878, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 26. Before him are Milan Nedić, Gemma Galgani, George Whipple, Shigeru Yoshida, Sergio Osmeña, and Iwane Matsui. After him are Gustav Radbruch, Louis Chevrolet, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Jan Łukasiewicz, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, and Alexander von Falkenhausen. Among people deceased in 1957, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 40. Before him are Erich Wolfgang Korngold, V. Gordon Childe, Eliot Ness, Erich von Stroheim, Aga Khan III, and Henry Norris Russell. After him are Beniamino Gigli, Max Ophüls, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Carl Clauberg, Antonín Zápotocký, and Erich Auerbach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 870 out of 8,785. Before him are Mike Hawthorn (1929), Ælla of Northumbria (800), Brian Epstein (1934), Thandie Newton (1972), Jude Law (1972), and Karl Pearson (1857). After him are William Hyde Wollaston (1766), John Paul Jones (1946), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), Dionysios Kasdaglis (1872), Catherine of Lancaster (1373), and Henry Maitland Wilson (1881).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 93. Before him are Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), Eleanor Marx (1855), Wilkie Collins (1824), Samuel Richardson (1689), H. Rider Haggard (1856), and Christopher Tolkien (1924). After him are Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), David Irving (1938), Percy Fawcett (1867), Samuel Butler (1612), Bruce Chatwin (1940), and Philip Pullman (1946).

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