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Howard Pyle

1853 - 1911

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Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator, painter, and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy. In 1894, he began teaching illustration at the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry (now Drexel University). Among his students there were Violet Oakley, Maxfield Parrish, and Jessie Willcox Smith. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Howard Pyle is the 3,649th most popular writer (down from 3,538th in 2019), the 5,271st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,539th in 2019) and the 408th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Howard Pyle ranks 3,649 out of 7,302. Before him are Yuli Daniel, Michael Denis, Charles Lock Eastlake, Aurora Mardiganian, Claude Bourgelat, and Olga Orozco. After him are Shibli Nomani, Václav Hanka, William Robertson Smith, Movses Kaghankatvatsi, Nonius Marcellus, and Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko.

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Among people born in 1853, Howard Pyle ranks 67. Before him are Agvan Dorzhiev, Evgraf Fedorov, Karl von Einem, Hans von Koessler, Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, and Hermann Wissmann. After him are Florentino Ameghino, Marc-Émile Ruchet, John Wesley Hardin, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Mato Kósyk, and José Santos Zelaya. Among people deceased in 1911, Howard Pyle ranks 58. Before him are Joan Maragall, Grigoriy Myasoyedov, Thomas Blake Glover, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, Ellen Swallow Richards, and Quanah Parker. After him are Florentino Ameghino, Alphonse Legros, Carolina Coronado, Nikolay Beketov, Kōtoku Shūsui, and Anton Josef Gruscha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Howard Pyle ranks 5,271 out of 20,380. Before him are John Scofield (1951), Gladys Knight (1944), Jim Varney (1949), Mathew Brady (1822), Carmine Appice (1946), and Kourtney Kardashian (1979). After him are Jeanne Crain (1925), Joe Hahn (1977), Robert Byrne (1928), Mark Pellegrino (1965), Lois Smith (1930), and Valerie Perrine (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Howard Pyle ranks 408. Before him are Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882), James Russell Lowell (1819), Brandon Sanderson (1975), L. J. Smith (1965), Gary Snyder (1930), and William Goldman (1931). After him are Katherine Anne Porter (1890), David Foster Wallace (1962), Robert B. Spencer (1962), James A. Michener (1907), Rose Wilder Lane (1886), and Octavia E. Butler (1947).

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