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Edward Wilmot Blyden

1832 - 1912

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Edward Wilmot Blyden (3 August 1832 – 7 February 1912) was an Americo-Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician who was primarily active in West Africa. Born in the Danish West Indies, he joined the waves of black immigrants from the Americas who migrated to Liberia. Blyden became a teacher for five years in the British West African colony of Sierra Leone in the early twentieth century. His major writings were on pan-Africanism, which later became influential throughout West Africa, attracting attention in countries such as the United States as well. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Wilmot Blyden is the 5,995th most popular writer (down from 5,692nd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from U.S. Virgin Islands and the most popular Writer.

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Among writers, Edward Wilmot Blyden ranks 5,995 out of 7,302. Before him are Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, Jenna Bush Hager, Benny Andersen, Christian Kracht, Fareed Zakaria, and György Bessenyei. After him are Nella Larsen, Howard Ashman, Vladimir Bogomolov, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Carsten Jensen, and John Ajvide Lindqvist.

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Among people born in 1832, Edward Wilmot Blyden ranks 103. Before him are Samuel Colman, Louise Rayner, José Ruperto Monagas, Henry Seebohm, José María Campo Serrano, and Octave Chanute. After him are Rebecca Solomon, and Herbert Vaughan. Among people deceased in 1912, Edward Wilmot Blyden ranks 130. Before him are Julio Herrera y Obes, Emil Stang, Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Björn Jónsson, and Edgar Evans. After him are Albino Jara, Octavia Hill, Henry Robertson Bowers, and William Forsell Kirby.

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Among people born in U.S. Virgin Islands, Edward Wilmot Blyden ranks 7 out of 12. Before him are Camille Pissarro (1830), Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville (1818), Kelsey Grammer (1955), Emile Griffith (1938), Tim Duncan (1976), and Judah P. Benjamin (1811). After him are John de Jongh Jr. (1957), Jasmin St. Claire (1972), Peter Holmberg (1960), Raja Bell (1976), Daryl Homer (1990), and Nicholas D'Amour (2001).

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Among writers born in U.S. Virgin Islands, Edward Wilmot Blyden ranks 1. 

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