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Henry James

1843 - 1916

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Henry James ((1843-04-15)15 April 1843 – (1916-02-28)28 February 1916) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry James is the 448th most popular writer (down from 405th in 2019), the 550th most popular biography from United States (down from 383rd in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Writer.

Henry James is most famous for his novels and short stories. He was a novelist, short story writer, playwright, and critic. His most famous novel is "The Portrait of a Lady."

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Among writers, Henry James ranks 448 out of 7,302. Before him are Qu Yuan, Henri Barbusse, Vuk Karadžić, Jim Corbett, Raymond Chandler, and Athenaeus. After him are Philip Larkin, Thomas De Quincey, Philip Roth, Demetrius Vikelas, Jo Nesbø, and Carl Spitteler.

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Among people born in 1843, Henry James ranks 11. Before him are Charles Albert Gobat, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Camillo Golgi, Louis Renault, Frederick VIII of Denmark, and Georg von Hertling. After him are Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Gabriel Tarde, Elisabeth of Wied, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, and Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1916, Henry James ranks 19. Before him are Franz Marc, James Connolly, Richard Dedekind, Otto of Bavaria, José Echegaray, and Sholem Aleichem. After him are Umberto Boccioni, Natsume Sōseki, Hiram Maxim, Ivan Franko, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, and Charles de Foucauld.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry James ranks 550 out of 20,380. Before him are Buffalo Bill (1846), Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), Danny Trejo (1944), John Malkovich (1953), Raymond Chandler (1888), and Robert Fulton (1765). After him are Frances Cleveland (1864), Ted Kaczynski (1942), Philip Roth (1933), Steve Wozniak (1950), Pontiac (1714), and Dick Cheney (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Henry James ranks 49. Before him are Susan Sontag (1933), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), Jack Kerouac (1922), Gertrude Stein (1874), and Raymond Chandler (1888). After him are Philip Roth (1933), Dan Brown (1964), Harper Lee (1926), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Louise Glück (1943), and Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804).

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