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Frances Burney

1752 - 1840

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Frances Burney (13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840), also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786–1790 she held the post of "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's queen. In 1793, aged 41, she married a French exile, General Alexandre d'Arblay. After a long writing career that gained her a reputation as one of England's foremost literary authors, and after wartime travels that stranded her in France for over a decade, she settled in Bath, England, where she died on 6 January 1840. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frances Burney is the 3,398th most popular writer (down from 3,249th in 2019), the 2,742nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,352nd in 2019) and the 309th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Frances Burney ranks 3,398 out of 7,302. Before her are Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Karin Michaëlis, Naoya Shiga, Paul Gallico, Charlie Kaufman, and Maurice Sendak. After her are Thomas of Britain, Abu Firas al-Hamdani, William of Jumièges, Nazik Al-Malaika, Isabella di Morra, and Charles de Saint-Évremond.

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Among people born in 1752, Frances Burney ranks 28. Before her are Betsy Ross, Torii Kiyonaga, Alexander Tormasov, Andrey Razumovsky, François Isaac de Rivaz, and Johann Friedrich Reichardt. After her are Maurice d'Elbée, Antonio Scarpa, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, Albrecht Thaer, Palisot de Beauvois, and Barnaba Oriani. Among people deceased in 1840, Frances Burney ranks 34. Before her are Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Anne Lister, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Franz Meyen, Karl Otfried Müller, and Carl Blechen. After her are John Cockerill, Joseph Johann von Littrow, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Anthony Carlisle, Johann Michael Vogl, and Sidney Smith.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frances Burney ranks 2,743 out of 8,785. Before her are Thomas Blake Glover (1838), Alan Rees (1938), Mick Jones (1945), Kit Harington (1986), Henry de Bracton (1210), and Al Stewart (1945). After her are Nick Kamen (1962), Guy Burgess (1911), John Madden (1949), Sally Potter (1949), Ephraim Chambers (1680), and Cedric Hardwicke (1893).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Frances Burney ranks 309. Before her are Alan Sillitoe (1928), Charles Lamb (1775), Russell T Davies (1963), Ford Madox Ford (1873), E. Nesbit (1858), and William Hope Hodgson (1877). After her are Ephraim Chambers (1680), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Edith Durham (1863), Iain Banks (1954), Marion Chesney (1936), and Jojo Moyes (1969).

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