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Joanna Baillie

1762 - 1851

Joanna Baillie

Joanna Baillie (11 September 1762 – 23 February 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist, known for such works as Plays on the Passions (three volumes, 1798–1812) and Fugitive Verses (1840). Her work shows an interest in moral philosophy and the Gothic. She was critically acclaimed in her lifetime, and while living in Hampstead, associated with contemporary writers such as Anna Barbauld, Lucy Aikin, and Walter Scott. She died at the age of 88. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joanna Baillie is the 6,402nd most popular writer (down from 6,303rd in 2019), the 5,681st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,397th in 2019) and the 634th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Joanna Baillie ranks 6,402 out of 7,302. Before her are Dick King-Smith, Ann Coulter, Gilles Leroy, Anthony McCarten, Gerbrand Bakker, and Linda Maria Baros. After her are Renate Dorrestein, Sonja Åkesson, Joel Barlow, Kamel Daoud, Reginald Hill, and Nabaneeta Dev Sen.

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Dick King-Smith
1922 - 2011
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 6,396
Ann Coulter
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 6,397
Gilles Leroy
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 6,398
Anthony McCarten
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 6,399
Gerbrand Bakker
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 6,400
Linda Maria Baros
1981 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 6,401
Joanna Baillie
1762 - 1851
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 6,402
Renate Dorrestein
1954 - 2018
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 6,403
Sonja Åkesson
1926 - 1977
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 6,404
Joel Barlow
1754 - 1812
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 6,405
Kamel Daoud
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 6,406
Reginald Hill
1936 - 2012
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 6,407
Nabaneeta Dev Sen
1938 - 2019
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 6,408

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Joanna Baillie ranks 34. Before her are Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen, Marcos Portugal, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Lachlan Macquarie, Marie Bouliard, and Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst. Among people deceased in 1851, Joanna Baillie ranks 53. Before her are Joel Roberts Poinsett, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Sylvester Graham, Baji Rao II, Levi Woodbury, and Samuel George Morton.

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Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen
POLITICIAN
1762 - 1823
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 28
Marcos Portugal
COMPOSER
1762 - 1830
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 29
Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
PHYSICIAN
1762 - 1829
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 30
Lachlan Macquarie
EXPLORER
1762 - 1824
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 31
Marie Bouliard
PAINTER
1762 - 1825
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 32
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
POLITICIAN
1762 - 1834
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 33
Joanna Baillie
WRITER
1762 - 1851
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 34