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Elizabeth F. Ellet

1818 - 1877

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Elizabeth Fries Ellet (née Lummis; October 18, 1818 – June 3, 1877) was an American writer, historian and poet. She was the first writer to record the lives of women who contributed to the American Revolutionary War. Born Elizabeth Fries Lummis, in New York, she published her first book, Poems, Translated and Original, in 1835. She married the chemist William Henry Ellet and the couple moved to South Carolina. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elizabeth F. Ellet is the 6,137th most popular writer (down from 6,119th in 2019), the 10,719th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,324th in 2019) and the 782nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Elizabeth F. Ellet ranks 6,137 out of 7,302Before her are Peter Matthiessen, Zoé Valdés, Amory Lovins, Joan Lindsay, Julio Llamazares, and William Inge. After her are George Saunders, Martin Österdahl, Padma Sachdev, Tim LaHaye, Mark Manson, and Jerry Pournelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Elizabeth F. Ellet ranks 98Before her are Nikolay Milyutin, Henry Litolff, József Szlávy, Juana Manuela Gorriti, José Amador de los Ríos, and Don Carlos Buell. After her are Nathaniel Lyon, Charles J. Folger, George S. Boutwell, and Wade Hampton III. Among people deceased in 1877, Elizabeth F. Ellet ranks 67Before her are Edward Belcher, Henry Monnier, Filippo Parlatore, Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Ramón Cabrera, 1st Duke of Maestrazgo, and Karl Ludwig Littrow. After her are Caroline Norton, and Toru Dutt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elizabeth F. Ellet ranks 10,721 out of 20,380Before her are S. David Griggs (1939), David Costabile (1967), Bonnie "Prince" Billy (1970), Gary Hart (1936), Richard Grieco (1965), and Joyce DiDonato (1969). After her are Neil Abercrombie (1938), Sandy Allen (1955), Joel Goldsmith (1957), Joseph Pilato (1949), Bob Clark (1939), and John M. Lounge (1946).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elizabeth F. Ellet ranks 782Before her are Kathryn Stockett (1969), Deborah Harkness (1965), M. Scott Peck (1936), Peter Matthiessen (1927), Amory Lovins (1947), and William Inge (1913). After her are George Saunders (1958), Tim LaHaye (1926), Mark Manson (1984), Jerry Pournelle (1933), Donald A. Wollheim (1914), and John Logan (1961).