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Horatio Alger

1832 - 1899

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Horatio Alger Jr. (; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through good works. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States from 1868 through to his death in 1899. Alger secured his literary niche in 1868 with the publication of his fourth book, Ragged Dick, the story of a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horatio Alger is the 957th most popular writer (up from 4,909th in 2019), the 1,331st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,829th in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Horatio Alger ranks 957 out of 7,302. Before him are Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Samuel Butler, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, George Steiner, Ernesto Sabato, and Hrotsvitha. After him are Peter Weiss, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Silius Italicus, John Updike, Panait Istrati, and Juliette Récamier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Horatio Alger ranks 16. Before him are José Echegaray, Edward Burnett Tylor, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, William Crookes, Ivan Shishkin, and Ármin Vámbéry. After him are Andrew Dickson White, George, King of Saxony, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, Jules Ferry, and Osman Nuri Pasha. Among people deceased in 1899, Horatio Alger ranks 12. Before him are Paul Reuter, Rosa Bonheur, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Ernest Chausson, Sophus Lie, and Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia. After him are Giovanni Segantini, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Ludwig Büchner, Matsumura Sōkon, Nubar Pasha, and Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horatio Alger ranks 1,331 out of 20,380. Before him are Jennifer Jones (1919), Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Helen Wills (1905), James B. Conant (1893), Condoleezza Rice (1954), and Thomas Huckle Weller (1915). After him are Jon Bon Jovi (1962), William Daniel Phillips (1948), Carl Spaatz (1891), Mr. T (1952), Willie Nelson (1933), and Mark David Chapman (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Horatio Alger ranks 104. Before him are Ida Tarbell (1857), Joseph Campbell (1904), John Jacob Astor IV (1864), Daniel Keyes (1927), Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), and Virginia Satir (1916). After him are John Updike (1932), John Fante (1909), Cormac McCarthy (1933), Ambrose Bierce (1842), Raymond Carver (1938), and Sherwood Anderson (1876).

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