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Ellen G. White

1827 - 1915

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Ellen Gould White (née Harmon; November 26, 1827 – July 16, 1915) was an American author, and was both the prophet and a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Along with other Adventist leaders, such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, she was influential within a small group of early Adventists who formed what became known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. White is considered a leading figure in American vegetarian history. Smithsonian named her among the "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ellen G. White is the 607th most popular writer (down from 591st in 2019), the 768th most popular biography from United States (down from 603rd in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Writer.

Ellen G. White is most famous for her work in the Seventh-day Adventist Church as a prophetess and author. She is credited with publishing more than 100,000 pages of written material, including 20 books.

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Among writers, Ellen G. White ranks 607 out of 7,302. Before her are Marina Tsvetaeva, Alfred de Musset, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ausonius, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Bert Hellinger. After her are Dino Buzzati, Titus Pomponius Atticus, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Ludwig Tieck, Sei Shōnagon, and Alain Robbe-Grillet.

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Among people born in 1827, Ellen G. White ranks 5. Before her are Joseph Lister, Johanna Spyri, Arnold Böcklin, and Josef Strauss. After her are Francisco Solano López, Marcellin Berthelot, Heonjong of Joseon, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and William Holman Hunt. Among people deceased in 1915, Ellen G. White ranks 7. Before her are Alexander Scriabin, Alois Alzheimer, Paul Ehrlich, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Henry Moseley, and Porfirio Díaz. After her are Jean-Henri Fabre, Sergei Witte, Clara Immerwahr, Charles Tupper, Wilhelm Windelband, and Arthur Auwers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellen G. White ranks 768 out of 20,380. Before her are Wilt Chamberlain (1936), Frank Marshall (1877), Billy Graham (1918), George Minot (1885), Frank Sheeran (1920), and Natalie Wood (1938). After her are Darren Young (1983), Christopher Lambert (1957), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), Joanne Woodward (1930), Roy Sullivan (1912), and Henry Molaison (1926).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ellen G. White ranks 66. Before her are Tom Clancy (1947), Sidney Sheldon (1917), Napoleon Hill (1883), Maya Angelou (1928), Washington Irving (1783), and Bell hooks (1952). After her are Theodore Dreiser (1871), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Patricia Highsmith (1921), Allen Ginsberg (1926), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), and Alvin Toffler (1928).

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