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Ford Madox Ford

1873 - 1939

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Ford Madox Ford (né Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer ( HEF-ər); 17 December 1873 – 26 June 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals The English Review and The Transatlantic Review were important in the development of early 20th-century English and American literature. Ford is now remembered for his novels The Good Soldier (1915), the Parade's End tetralogy (1924–1928) and The Fifth Queen trilogy (1906–1908). The Good Soldier is frequently included among the great literature of the 20th century, including the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, The Observer's "100 Greatest Novels of All Time", and The Guardian's "1,000 novels everyone must read". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ford Madox Ford is the 3,358th most popular writer (down from 3,223rd in 2019), the 2,709th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,342nd in 2019) and the 306th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Ford Madox Ford ranks 3,358 out of 7,302. Before him are Olena Teliha, James Rollins, Lucius Varius Rufus, Hendrik Willem van Loon, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, and Yulian Semyonov. After him are Ghada al-Samman, Pierre Benoit, R. J. Palacio, E. Nesbit, Denis Davydov, and Jean Effel.

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Among people born in 1873, Ford Madox Ford ranks 112. Before him are Charles Fox Parham, Cesare Orsenigo, Henri Rabaud, Dámaso Berenguer, Leo Baeck, and Prosper Bruggeman. After him are Edwin Flack, Mariano Azuela, John Geiger, Leo Fall, Rudolf Charousek, and Miklós Bánffy. Among people deceased in 1939, Ford Madox Ford ranks 92. Before him are Archduke Leo Karl of Austria, Ottó Bláthy, Kálmán Darányi, Anna Coleman Ladd, Prosper Bruggeman, and Levon Mirzoyan. After him are Masabumi Hosono, Stanisław Leśniewski, Germán Busch, Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Ivan Mosjoukine, and Ursula Ledóchowska.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ford Madox Ford ranks 2,710 out of 8,785. Before him are Sarah Gilbert (1962), Russell T Davies (1963), George Buchanan (1506), Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891), Ian Bannen (1928), and John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836). After him are Simon Callow (1949), Roy Thomas Baker (1946), Joss Ackland (1928), Joe Spence (1898), E. Nesbit (1858), and Paul Davies (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ford Madox Ford ranks 306. Before him are Richard Baxter (1615), Philip Kerr (1956), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Alan Sillitoe (1928), Charles Lamb (1775), and Russell T Davies (1963). After him are E. Nesbit (1858), William Hope Hodgson (1877), Frances Burney (1752), Ephraim Chambers (1680), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), and Edith Durham (1863).

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