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Grant Allen

1848 - 1899

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Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 – October 25, 1899) was a Canadian science writer and novelist, educated in England. He was a public promoter of evolution in the second half of the nineteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grant Allen is the 4,854th most popular writer (up from 5,184th in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from Canada and the 25th most popular Canadian Writer.

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Among writers, Grant Allen ranks 4,854 out of 7,302. Before him are Barbro Lindgren, Joseph Roumanille, Antanas Baranauskas, Rodolfo Walsh, Einar Már Guðmundsson, and Nancy Huston. After him are Kenjirō Tokutomi, Johan Borgen, Franciszek Karpiński, Akram Aylisli, Ronald Knox, and František Čelakovský.

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Among people born in 1848, Grant Allen ranks 97. Before him are Jørgen Løvland, Adolf Lang, Nazım Pasha, Elia Millosevich, Oskar Lenz, and William Frederick Denning. After him are Josef Václav Myslbek, Jean Aicard, Helene Lange, Otto Bütschli, Waldemar Rosenberger, and Helen Allingham. Among people deceased in 1899, Grant Allen ranks 73. Before him are Klaus Groth, Juan Luna, Gaëtan de Rochebouët, Ottmar Mergenthaler, Numa Droz, and James Paget. After him are Teuku Umar, Wendela Hebbe, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Karolina Světlá, Édouard Pailleron, and Serafino Dubois.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Grant Allen ranks 398 out of 1,622. Before him are Donal Logue (1966), Brian Orser (1961), George London (1920), Shirley Douglas (1934), Nancy Huston (1953), and Ernie Collett (1895). After him are Édouard Gagnon (1918), R. B. Bennett (1870), Stu Hart (1915), Edge (1973), Harry Saltzman (1915), and Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Grant Allen ranks 25. Before him are Naomi Klein (1970), Émile Nelligan (1879), Mazo de la Roche (1879), Anne Carson (1950), Laurence J. Peter (1919), and Nancy Huston (1953). After him are Steven Erikson (1959), Justine Musk (1972), Mordecai Richler (1931), Michel Tremblay (1942), Wyndham Lewis (1882), and Duncan Regehr (1952).

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