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Joel Barlow

1754 - 1812

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Joel Barlow (March 24, 1754 – December 26, 1812) was an American poet, diplomat, and politician. In politics, he supported the French Revolution and was an ardent Jeffersonian republican. He worked as an agent for American speculator William Duer to set up the Scioto Company in Paris in 1788, and to sell worthless deeds to land in the Northwest Territory which it did not own. Scholars believe that he did not know the transactions were fraudulent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joel Barlow is the 6,405th most popular writer (up from 6,439th in 2019), the 12,035th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,999th in 2019) and the 870th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Joel Barlow ranks 6,405 out of 7,302. Before him are Anthony McCarten, Gerbrand Bakker, Linda Maria Baros, Joanna Baillie, Renate Dorrestein, and Sonja Åkesson. After him are Kamel Daoud, Reginald Hill, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Alan Hollinghurst, William Empson, and Robert Cormier.

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Among people born in 1754, Joel Barlow ranks 57. Before him are Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito, Juan Meléndez Valdés, Alexander Shishkov, Archibald Menzies, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, and Abraham Baldwin.  Among people deceased in 1812, Joel Barlow ranks 29. Before him are Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Joseph Woelfl, Matvey Kazakov, Richard Kirwan, Isaac Brock, and John Colter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joel Barlow ranks 12,037 out of 20,380. Before him are Candace Cameron Bure (1976), Brie Bella (1983), Margaret Morse Nice (1883), Chuck Liddell (1969), Stipe Miocic (1982), and Michael Landau (1958). After him are Foy Draper (1911), Hobart Bosworth (1867), John Kerr (1931), Samuel Gridley Howe (1801), Atom Willard (1973), and Tenley Albright (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joel Barlow ranks 870. Before him are James Branch Cabell (1879), George B. Seitz (1888), Glenn Greenwald (1967), Michael McClure (1932), Alice Hoffman (1952), and Ann Coulter (1961). After him are Robert Cormier (1925), Lester Bangs (1948), Alice Sebold (1963), Terry Southern (1924), John Burroughs (1837), and Bosley Crowther (1905).

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