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Frank Norris

1870 - 1902

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Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague: A Story of San Francisco (1899), The Octopus: A Story of California (1901) and The Pit (1903). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Norris is the 5,023rd most popular writer (up from 5,118th in 2019), the 7,621st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,283rd in 2019) and the 574th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Frank Norris ranks 5,023 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean Aicard, Edmund Wilson, Manuel Bandeira, Albert Samain, Thaddeus Bulgarin, and Louella Parsons. After him are Joseph Meyer, Theodor Plievier, Dante Spinotti, Margaret Mazzantini, Henry of Huntingdon, and Oskar Pastior.

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Among people born in 1870, Frank Norris ranks 137. Before him are Jüri Jaakson, R. B. Bennett, José María Moncada, Ivan Perestiani, Hermann Harms, and Sascha Schneider. After him are Julián Besteiro, Edwin Foster Coddington, DeLisle Stewart, Lloyd Hildebrand, Charles Homer Haskins, and John Marin. Among people deceased in 1902, Frank Norris ranks 73. Before him are John Houlding, Dmitry Sipyagin, Filippo Marchetti, Antanas Baranauskas, Richard Leach Maddox, and Hamoud bin Mohammed of Zanzibar. After him are Mark Antokolsky, Emil Holub, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau, Johannes Wislicenus, William McGonagall, and Franz Sigel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Norris ranks 7,623 out of 20,380. Before him are Carol Ann Susi (1952), Roxanne Hart (1952), Clarence Williams III (1939), Peter Hermann (1967), Agnes Ayres (1898), and Louella Parsons (1881). After him are Charles Francis Hall (1821), Stith Thompson (1885), Alan Hovhaness (1911), Martin Klebba (1969), Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), and Joe Kennedy III (1980).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Frank Norris ranks 574. Before him are William Dean Howells (1837), John O'Hara (1905), Isabel Briggs Myers (1897), Rod Serling (1924), Edmund Wilson (1895), and Louella Parsons (1881). After him are George Washington Williams (1849), Rita Mae Brown (1944), Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902), Jeffrey Eugenides (1960), John Gardner (1933), and Joseph Wambaugh (1937).

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