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Eliza Acton

1799 - 1859

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Eliza Acton (17 April 1799 – 13 February 1859) was an English food writer and poet who produced one of Britain's first cookery books aimed at the domestic reader, Modern Cookery for Private Families. The book introduced the now-universal practice of listing ingredients and giving suggested cooking times for each recipe. It included the first recipes in English for Brussels sprouts and for spaghetti. It also contains the first recipe for what Acton called "Christmas pudding"; the dish was normally called plum pudding, recipes for which had appeared previously, although Acton was the first to put the name and recipe together. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eliza Acton is the 4,179th most popular writer (up from 5,060th in 2019), the 3,315th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,734th in 2019) and the 365th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Eliza Acton ranks 4,179 out of 7,302. Before her are Gyula Illyés, James Allen, John Gower, Sara Lidman, Žemaitė, and Sakina Akhundzadeh. After her are Francis Marrash, Robert G. Ingersoll, James Redfield, Vincenzo Cerami, Eggert Ólafsson, and Luise Rinser.

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Among people born in 1799, Eliza Acton ranks 45. Before her are Alexander Petrov, Joachim Barrande, Petrache Poenaru, Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, Robert von Mohl, and Heinrich von Kittlitz. After her are Fyodor Bruni, David Don, Heinrich von Gagern, Nathaniel Palmer, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, and George Finlay. Among people deceased in 1859, Eliza Acton ranks 48. Before her are William H. Prescott, Joseph Ludwig Raabe, Horace Mann, Stefan Bogoridi, José de Madrazo y Agudo, and Thomas Nuttall. After her are Ye Mingchen, Petrus Borel, Heinrich Zollinger, John Walker, Prince William of Baden, and Thaddeus Bulgarin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eliza Acton ranks 3,316 out of 8,785. Before her are Lydia Becker (1827), Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609), James Allen (1864), Matthew Hopkins (1620), John Gower (1330), and Warren Clarke (1947). After her are Jeremy Bulloch (1945), James MacMillan (1959), Maurice Dobb (1900), Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), Walter Map (1140), and Chris Waddle (1960).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eliza Acton ranks 365. Before her are Pippa Middleton (1983), Sue Townsend (1946), William Thoms (1803), Lydia Becker (1827), James Allen (1864), and John Gower (1330). After her are Walter Map (1140), Christopher Priest (1943), William Davenant (1606), William Hazlitt (1778), Raphael Holinshed (1529), and Radclyffe Hall (1880).

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