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Jacob Abbott

1803 - 1879

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books and historical biographies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Jacob Abbott is the 5,758th most popular writer (up from 6,009th in 2024), the 9,496th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,809th in 2019) and the 697th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacob Abbott ranks 5,758 out of 7,302. Before him are Roma Ryan, Michael Shermer, David Halberstam, Joel Chandler Harris, Penelope Lively, and Claude McKay. After him are Park Wan-suh, Teréz Karacs, Vigdis Hjorth, William Blum, Shaqe Çoba, and Majgull Axelsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Jacob Abbott ranks 76. Before him are George Borrow, Friedrich Ludwig Persius, Heinrich Ewald, Juan Bravo Murillo, Manuel Felipe de Tovar, and Carl Jacob Löwig. After him are Domingo Nieto, William Smith O'Brien, Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, and William Allen. Among people deceased in 1879, Jacob Abbott ranks 62. Before him are William Froude, Emma Smith, William Fothergill Cooke, Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, Juan Antonio Pezet, and Epameinondas Deligeorgis. After him are John Bell Hood, Henry Charles Carey, George Caleb Bingham, Caleb Cushing, Angelina Grimké, and John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacob Abbott ranks 9,498 out of 20,380. Before him are Carmen Zapata (1927), George Perkins Marsh (1801), David Halberstam (1934), Bob Brookmeyer (1929), Joel Chandler Harris (1848), and Tom Harrell (1946). After him are Joe F. Edwards Jr. (1958), Paul Williams (1940), Johnny Rivers (1942), Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898), Patti Austin (1950), and Garrett Hedlund (1984).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jacob Abbott ranks 697. Before him are Hanya Yanagihara (1974), Michael Parenti (1933), Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Michael Shermer (1954), David Halberstam (1934), and Joel Chandler Harris (1848). After him are William Blum (1933), James Dashner (1972), Elizabeth Gilbert (1969), Tim Powers (1952), Fred Saberhagen (1930), and Bess Meredyth (1890).

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