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Elbert Hubbard

1856 - 1915

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Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Hubbard is known best as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement. Among Hubbard's many publications were the fourteen-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great and the short publication A Message to Garcia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elbert Hubbard is the 4,682nd most popular writer (down from 4,024th in 2019), the 7,022nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,256th in 2019) and the 532nd most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elbert Hubbard ranks 4,682 out of 7,302Before her are Maksim Tank, Mykola Zerov, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Bhalchandra Nemade, Chen Zi'ang, and Alfredo Zitarrosa. After her are William Trevor, Constantin Negruzzi, Gonçalves Dias, Zane Grey, José Craveirinha, and Solomon Alkabetz.

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Among people born in 1856, Elbert Hubbard ranks 104Before her are Louis Brandeis, Alberto Palacio, Paul von Jankó, Andrew Watson, Keir Hardie, and Gabrielle Réjane. After her are Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Jens Christian Christensen, Friedrich Kluge, James Buchanan Duke, Paul Henri Lecomte, and Anton Aškerc. Among people deceased in 1915, Elbert Hubbard ranks 100Before her are Daniel Varoujan, Tevfik Fikret, Keir Hardie, Paul Eyschen, Karol Olszewski, and Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero. After her are Christian Wilhelm Allers, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Carl Locher, Hans von Berlepsch, Frank James, and Kolos Ferenc Vaszary.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elbert Hubbard ranks 7,024 out of 20,380Before her are Lil Nas X (1999), Alex Katz (1927), Ann Blyth (1928), Harry James (1916), John Miller (1903), and Jack Coleman (1958). After her are Harold Brown (1927), Lhasa de Sela (1972), Edgar Adams (1868), Christopher Judge (1964), Maura Healey (1971), and Alf Clausen (1941).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elbert Hubbard ranks 532Before her are Nathanael West (1903), Joanna Russ (1937), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Chris Morgan (1966), William Wharton (1925), and Shel Silverstein (1930). After her are Zane Grey (1872), Saul Alinsky (1909), Marta Kauffman (1956), Robert Greene (1959), Aaron Sorkin (1961), and Thomas Ligotti (1953).