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Evelyn Beatrice Hall

1868 - 1956

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Evelyn Beatrice Hall (28 September 1868 – 13 April 1956), who wrote under the pseudonym S[tephen] G. Tallentyre, was an English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire entitled The Life of Voltaire, first published in 1903. She also wrote The Friends of Voltaire, which she completed in 1906. In The Friends of Voltaire, Hall wrote: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" as an illustration of Voltaire's beliefs. This quotation – which is sometimes misattributed to Voltaire himself – is often cited to describe the principle of freedom of speech. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Evelyn Beatrice Hall is the 2,312th most popular writer (down from 2,280th in 2019), the 1,981st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,692nd in 2019) and the 221st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Evelyn Beatrice Hall ranks 2,312 out of 7,302. Before her are Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, Laura Esquivel, Vladimír Clementis, Kathy Reichs, Jónas Hallgrímsson, and Richard Brautigan. After her are Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Orderic Vitalis, Lydia Davis, Wahb ibn Munabbih, and August Derleth.

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Among people born in 1868, Evelyn Beatrice Hall ranks 94. Before her are Alice Keppel, La Belle Otero, Jaan Tõnisson, Robert W. Wood, Francesco Saverio Nitti, and Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern. After her are Josep Comas i Solà, Alfred Fowler, Lauri Ingman, Otto von Lossow, Cai Yuanpei, and Carl Brockelmann. Among people deceased in 1956, Evelyn Beatrice Hall ranks 85. Before her are Lev Rudnev, Malik Ghulam Muhammad, Julien Benda, Ludwig Klages, Alexander Gretchaninov, and Alexander Korda. After her are Mikheil Gelovani, Ernst Robert Curtius, Alexander Fadeyev, Israel Zolli, Auguste Chevalier, and Évariste Lévi-Provençal.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Evelyn Beatrice Hall ranks 1,981 out of 8,785. Before her are Tom Conti (1941), John Rimmer (1878), Kate Moss (1974), Sam Smith (1992), Peter Barlow (1776), and William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738). After her are Orderic Vitalis (1075), Unity Mitford (1914), David Yates (1963), John Mills (1908), Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), and Roger Williamson (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Evelyn Beatrice Hall ranks 221. Before her are Matthew Arnold (1822), Edward FitzGerald (1809), Thomas Gray (1716), James Herbert Brennan (1940), Dick Francis (1920), and Tobias Smollett (1721). After her are Orderic Vitalis (1075), Ouida (1839), Mary Astell (1666), John Fletcher (1579), Kenneth Grahame (1859), and William Smith (1813).

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