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Grace Aguilar

1816 - 1847

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Grace Aguilar (2 June 1816 – 16 September 1847) was an English novelist, poet and writer on Jewish history and religion. Although she had been writing since childhood, much of her work was published posthumously. Among those are her best known works, the novels Home Influence and A Mother's Recompense. Aguilar was the eldest child of Sephardic Jewish refugees from Portugal who settled in the London Borough of Hackney. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grace Aguilar is the 4,569th most popular writer (up from 4,646th in 2019), the 3,597th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,333rd in 2019) and the 390th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Grace Aguilar ranks 4,569 out of 7,302Before her are Anita Loos, Ladislav Mňačko, Sue Grafton, Cecco Angiolieri, Musa Anter, and Hulda Garborg. After her are Jean-Richard Bloch, Tankred Dorst, Bill Lawrence, Mazo de la Roche, Leopold Staff, and Angelo de Gubernatis.

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Among people born in 1816, Grace Aguilar ranks 45Before her are Moritz Steinschneider, William Sterndale Bennett, Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, Stephen Allen Benson, Jubal Early, and Catherine Wolfe Bruce. After her are Andrei Mureșanu, C. A. Rosetti, August Wilhelm Ambros, Richard Leach Maddox, Filippo Parlatore, and Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski. Among people deceased in 1847, Grace Aguilar ranks 42Before her are José Joaquín de Olmedo, Archduke Friedrich of Austria, Henri Dutrochet, Henriette Herz, Frans Michael Franzén, and Vicente Rocafuerte. After her are Luis José de Orbegoso, José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza, Manuel Menéndez, Mary Lamb, and Thomas Chalmers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Grace Aguilar ranks 3,598 out of 8,785Before her are James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), Ceol of Wessex (600), Lee Kerslake (1947), Max Newman (1897), John Colet (1467), and Jimmy Ross (1866). After her are Steven Knight (1959), Christian Horner (1973), Laura Ashley (1925), William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396), Adrienne Corri (1931), and Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Grace Aguilar ranks 390Before her are Anita Brookner (1928), Grace Elliott (1754), Michael Morpurgo (1943), John Stott (1921), Anne Bradstreet (1612), and Robert Edmond Grant (1793). After her are Winston Graham (1908), Robert Bolt (1924), Thomas Nashe (1567), Elizabeth Goudge (1900), Isaac Watts (1674), and George Crabbe (1754).