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Jane Wilde

1821 - 1896

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Jane Francesca Agnes Wilde, Lady Wilde (née Elgee; 27 December 1821 – 3 February 1896) was an Irish poet who wrote under the pen name Speranza and supporter of the nationalist movement. Lady Wilde had a special interest in Irish folktales, which she helped to gather and was the mother of Oscar Wilde and Willie Wilde. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Wilde is the 4,700th most popular writer (down from 3,808th in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 154th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Irish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jane Wilde ranks 4,700 out of 7,302. Before her are Elisaveta Bagriana, Saul Alinsky, Patrik Ouředník, Juan José Arreola, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, and Cesar Millan. After her are Tahar Djaout, Milo Yiannopoulos, Ricardo Güiraldes, Hedwig Dohm, Janwillem van de Wetering, and Marta Kauffman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Jane Wilde ranks 85. Before her are Henri Alexis Brialmont, Michel Carré, Amalie Dietrich, Samuel Baker, Charles of Mount Argus, and Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae. After her are William Henry Vanderbilt, Marcus Goldman, Charles Francis Hall, Karl Knies, Juan Bautista Topete, and Jan van Beers. Among people deceased in 1896, Jane Wilde ranks 73. Before her are Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Antonio Maceo Grajales, Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, Aleksandr Stoletov, Élie-Abel Carrière, and Luigi Palmieri. After her are Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Hugo Gyldén, Ilya Berezin, George du Maurier, Eugen Baumann, and Theodore Robinson.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Jane Wilde ranks 224 out of 549. Before her are Tim Ahearne (1885), Becky Lynch (1987), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (1865), Andrew Scott (1976), and William Trevor (1928). After her are Sara Allgood (1879), John Bruton (1947), John Boyne (1971), William Stokes (1804), John Sealy Townsend (1868), and John Philip Holland (1840).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Jane Wilde ranks 32. Before her are Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Colm Tóibín (1955), Richard Steele (1672), Brendan Behan (1923), George Moore (1852), and William Trevor (1928). After her are John Boyne (1971), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Maeve Binchy (1939), William McGonagall (1825), Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776), and Eoin Colfer (1965).

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