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Ernest Thompson Seton

1860 - 1946

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Ernest Thompson Seton (born Ernest Evan Thompson; August 14, 1860 – October 23, 1946) was a Canadian and American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 (renamed Woodcraft League of America), and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910. Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting movement. His writings were published in the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, and the USSR; his notable books related to Scouting include The Birch Bark Roll and the Boy Scout Handbook. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Thompson Seton is the 903rd most popular writer (down from 651st in 2019), the 840th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 490th in 2019) and the 87th most popular British Writer.

Ernest Thompson Seton was a naturalist, artist, and author who is most famous for his work "Wild Animals I Have Known."

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Among writers, Ernest Thompson Seton ranks 903 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean de La Bruyère, Hans Fallada, Maurice Druon, Neale Donald Walsch, Dobrica Ćosić, and Theodor Fontane. After him are Pu Songling, Eleanor Marx, Wilkie Collins, Władysław Tarnowski, Leconte de Lisle, and Samuel Richardson.

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Among people born in 1860, Ernest Thompson Seton ranks 27. Before him are Jane Addams, Hjalmar Branting, René Lalique, John J. Pershing, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, and Louis Wain. After him are William Kemmler, Vito Volterra, Marianne von Werefkin, Otto Jespersen, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1946, Ernest Thompson Seton ranks 42. Before him are Empress Wanrong, Felix Hoffmann, Henry Morgenthau Sr., Milan Nedić, Helene Schjerfbeck, and Vojtech Tuka. After him are Ignacy Mościcki, Friedrich Jeckeln, Döme Sztójay, Francisco Largo Caballero, Gustav Noske, and Otto Georg Thierack.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Ernest Thompson Seton ranks 840 out of 8,785. Before him are Oliver Heaviside (1850), Chris Norman (1950), Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850), Mary Quant (1930), Brian Cox (1946), and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534). After him are Eleanor Marx (1855), Wilkie Collins (1824), John Newlands (1837), Cynegils (575), Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (1892), and Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ernest Thompson Seton ranks 87. Before him are John Bunyan (1628), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Julian Barnes (1946), Douglas Adams (1952), James May (1963), and Ian McEwan (1948). After him are Eleanor Marx (1855), Wilkie Collins (1824), Samuel Richardson (1689), H. Rider Haggard (1856), Christopher Tolkien (1924), and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878).

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