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Frances Hodgson Burnett

1849 - 1924

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Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911). Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1853, when Frances was 4 years old, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 emigrated to the United States, settling in New Market, Tennessee. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frances Hodgson Burnett is the 547th most popular writer (down from 507th in 2019), the 486th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 361st in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Writer.

Frances Hodgson Burnett is most famous for her children's novels The Secret Garden and A Little Princess.

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Among writers, Frances Hodgson Burnett ranks 547 out of 7,302. Before her are Seneca the Elder, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Camille Flammarion, Augusta, Lady Gregory, Jean Paul, and Enid Blyton. After her are Miguel Ángel Asturias, Rudaki, Madame de La Fayette, Anaïs Nin, Camilo José Cela, and Robert A. Heinlein.

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Among people born in 1849, Frances Hodgson Burnett ranks 8. Before her are August Strindberg, Bertha Benz, Édouard-Henri Avril, August von Mackensen, Muhammad Abduh, and Blanche Monnier. After her are Bernhard von Bülow, Felix Klein, Alfred von Tirpitz, W. T. Stead, Sergei Witte, and John William Waterhouse. Among people deceased in 1924, Frances Hodgson Burnett ranks 15. Before her are Gabriel Fauré, Alfred Marshall, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Bogd Khan, and Carl Spitteler. After her are Andrew Irvine, Robert Nivelle, Princess Louise of Belgium, Ferruccio Busoni, Ferdinand Cheval, and George Mallory.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frances Hodgson Burnett ranks 486 out of 8,785. Before her are Captain Tom (1920), Robbie Coltrane (1950), David Niven (1910), William Baffin (1584), Enid Blyton (1897), and Martin Ryle (1918). After her are Alan Ball Jr. (1945), Keir Starmer (1962), Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960), John Wallis (1616), Emma Thompson (1959), and Offa of Mercia (800).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Frances Hodgson Burnett ranks 51. Before her are Arnold Bennett (1867), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), Thomas Paine (1737), G. K. Chesterton (1874), J. M. Barrie (1860), and Enid Blyton (1897). After her are Anthony Burgess (1917), James Hilton (1900), Beatrix Potter (1866), Frederick Forsyth (1938), John Donne (1572), and George Eliot (1819).

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