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John Henry Mackay

1864 - 1933

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John Henry Mackay (February 6, 1864 – May 16, 1933) was a Scottish-German egoist anarchist, thinker and writer. Born in Scotland and raised in Germany, Mackay was the author of Die Anarchisten (The Anarchists, 1891) and Der Freiheitsucher (The Searcher for Freedom, 1921). Later in life, under the pseudonym Sagitta, he became an advocate for homosexual love between men and boys. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Henry Mackay is the 3,224th most popular writer (up from 3,401st in 2019), the 2,617th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,442nd in 2019) and the 294th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, John Henry Mackay ranks 3,224 out of 7,302. Before him are Philostratus of Lemnos, Andrew Lang, Cristina Calderón, Fernán Caballero, Phlegon of Tralles, and Yury Tynyanov. After him are Ignacio Ramonet, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Valentin Rasputin, Erich Fried, and Azalais de Porcairagues.

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Among people born in 1864, John Henry Mackay ranks 100. Before him are Marguerite Durand, Robert Lansing, Karl Neukirch, Guy Ropartz, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Juan Benlloch i Vivó. After him are Roger Casement, Rukhmabai, Elena Văcărescu, Akashi Motojiro, Đồng Khánh, and Apolinario Mabini. Among people deceased in 1933, John Henry Mackay ranks 72. Before him are Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, Prince Alfons of Bavaria, Mahmud Tarzi, Georges Leygues, and Eduard Vilde. After him are Henry Watson Fowler, Anastasia Golovina, Gustaf Cederström, Lilla Cabot Perry, Andrey Lyapchev, and Robert Kajanus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Henry Mackay ranks 2,618 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Kingsley (1819), Stuart Wilson (1946), Andrew Lang (1844), Edward Daniel Clarke (1769), Edith Tolkien (1889), and Frank Finlay (1926). After him are Rupert Sheldrake (1942), Joe Jordan (1951), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), John Mahoney (1940), John Foxe (1516), and Patricia Quinn (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Henry Mackay ranks 294. Before him are Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Jackie Collins (1937), Edith Pargeter (1913), Susanna Hall (1583), Charles Kingsley (1819), and Andrew Lang (1844). After him are Eric Ambler (1909), Robert Fisk (1946), Alasdair Gray (1934), David Gemmell (1948), Maria Edgeworth (1768), and Richard Baxter (1615).

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