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Harriet Beecher Stowe

1811 - 1896

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Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and wrote the popular novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book reached an audience of millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and in Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harriet Beecher Stowe is the 659th most popular writer (down from 646th in 2019), the 860th most popular biography from United States (down from 663rd in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Writer.

Harriet Beecher Stowe is most famous for her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was published in 1852. The book is a powerful anti-slavery novel that depicts the cruelty of slavery.

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Among writers, Harriet Beecher Stowe ranks 659 out of 7,302. Before her are Jacob L. Moreno, Vicente Aleixandre, Bruno Schulz, Karl Kraus, Émile Verhaeren, and Giacomo Leopardi. After her are Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ingeborg Bachmann, Francesca da Rimini, Alvin Toffler, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, and Carlos Fuentes.

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Among people born in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe ranks 10. Before her are Urbain Le Verrier, Robert Bunsen, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Théophile Gautier, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Isaac Singer. After her are Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Vissarion Belinsky, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, François Achille Bazaine, Louis Blanc, and Ambroise Thomas. Among people deceased in 1896, Harriet Beecher Stowe ranks 14. Before her are Frederic Leighton, Hippolyte Fizeau, William Morris, Otto Lilienthal, John Everett Millais, and José Rizal. After her are H. H. Holmes, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Edmond de Goncourt, Louis-Jules Trochu, Richard Avenarius, and Ambroise Thomas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harriet Beecher Stowe ranks 860 out of 20,380. Before her are Edmund Phelps (1933), Paul Morphy (1837), Gary Becker (1930), Michio Kaku (1947), Larry Fink (1952), and John Coltrane (1926). After her are Lady Gaga (1986), Lana Turner (1921), Dolly Parton (1946), Leslie Groves (1896), Cyndi Lauper (1953), and Alvin Toffler (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Harriet Beecher Stowe ranks 71. Before her are Bell hooks (1952), Ellen G. White (1827), Theodore Dreiser (1871), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Patricia Highsmith (1921), and Allen Ginsberg (1926). After her are Alvin Toffler (1928), Thomas Friedman (1953), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), John Irving (1942), Ed McBain (1926), and Louise Hay (1926).

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