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Elizabeth Gaskell

1810 - 1865

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (née Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer detailed studies of Victorian society, including the lives of the very poor. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848. Her only biography The Life of Charlotte Brontë, published in 1857, was controversial and significant in establishing the Brontë family's lasting fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elizabeth Gaskell is the 1,283rd most popular writer (down from 1,193rd in 2019), the 1,153rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 894th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular British Writer.

Elizabeth Gaskell is most famous for her novel "North and South" which was published in 1855. It is about a woman who moves from the south of England to the north of England to work as a governess.

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Among writers, Elizabeth Gaskell ranks 1,283 out of 7,302. Before her are Alfred Thayer Mahan, Ivan Gundulić, Theodor Storm, Hugo Gernsback, Nadezhda Mandelstam, and Ellen Key. After her are Georges Rodenbach, Giovanni Papini, Ono no Komachi, Alcman, Ibn al-Nadim, and Pierre Larousse.

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Among people born in 1810, Elizabeth Gaskell ranks 25. Before her are Karl Richard Lepsius, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Nikolay Pirogov, and Hermann Heinrich Gossen. After her are Francesco Maria Piave, Constant Troyon, Ferenc Erkel, Jules Perrot, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, and Ole Bull. Among people deceased in 1865, Elizabeth Gaskell ranks 17. Before her are William Jackson Hooker, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, Robert FitzRoy, Heinrich Barth, and Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz. After her are Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Princess Sophie of Sweden, John Lindley, Kunisada, Felice Romani, and Constant Troyon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Gaskell ranks 1,153 out of 8,785. Before her are Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868), Joan Plowright (1929), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), Terence Stamp (1938), Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905), and Emperor Norton (1818). After her are Michael Atiyah (1929), Thomas Graham (1805), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Hans Sloane (1660), Michael Jackson (1942), and James Mill (1773).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Gaskell ranks 123. Before her are P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Diana Mosley (1910), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), and John William Polidori (1795). After her are Michael Jackson (1942), Arthur Hailey (1920), Dylan Thomas (1914), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Barbara Cartland (1901), and Ken Robinson (1950).

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