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James Anderson

1680 - 1739

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James Anderson (c. 1690/1691–1739) was a Scottish writer and minister born and educated in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was ordained a minister in the Church of Scotland in 1707 and moved to London, where he ministered to the Glass House Street congregation until 1710, to the Presbyterian church in Swallow Street until 1734, and at Lisle Street Chapel until his death. He is reported to have lost a large sum of money in the South Sea Company crash of 1720. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Anderson is the 1,438th most popular writer (down from 1,224th in 2019), the 1,295th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 909th in 2019) and the 137th most popular British Writer.

James Anderson is most famous for being the first African American to play in the National Basketball Association.

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Among writers, James Anderson ranks 1,438 out of 7,302. Before him are Ruth Rendell, Samuel ibn Naghrillah, Vivant Denon, Rainis, Gunnar Gunnarsson, and Tarjei Vesaas. After him are Marcel Aymé, Jeppe Aakjær, Kenji Miyazawa, Hierocles of Alexandria, Guillaume de Lorris, and Francesco Maria Piave.

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Among people born in 1680, James Anderson ranks 7. Before him are Blackbeard, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Catherine Opalińska, Benjamin Hornigold, and Saliha Sultan. After him are Charles Vane, Richard Cantillon, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, and Emanuele d'Astorga. Among people deceased in 1739, James Anderson ranks 6. Before him are Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Benedetto Marcello, Marie Anne de Bourbon, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, and Saliha Sultan. After him are Reinhard Keiser, Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Cosmas Damian Asam, Dick Turpin, and George Lillo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Anderson ranks 1,295 out of 8,785. Before him are Anabella Drummond (1350), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), Billy Boyd (1968), M.I.A. (1975), and Joseph Swan (1828). After him are Gareth Jones (1905), Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), Sarah Brightman (1960), and Janick Gers (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Anderson ranks 137. Before him are Robert Browning (1812), P. D. James (1920), E. L. James (1963), John Berger (1926), Allan Pinkerton (1819), and Ruth Rendell (1930). After him are Evelyn Waugh (1903), Lee Child (1954), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Joseph Addison (1672), Alistair MacLean (1922), and Winifred Wagner (1897).

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