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Katharine Lee Bates

1859 - 1929

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Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American author and poet, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles on social reform, on which she was a noted speaker. Bates enjoyed close links with Wellesley College, Massachusetts, where she had graduated with a B.A., and later became a professor of English literature, helping to launch American literature as an academic speciality, and writing one of the first-ever college textbooks on it. She never married, possibly because she would have lost tenure if she had. Throughout her long career at Wellesley, she shared a house with her close friend and companion Katharine Coman. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katharine Lee Bates is the 6,687th most popular writer (up from 6,779th in 2019), the 13,745th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,905th in 2019) and the 973rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 6,687 out of 7,302. Before her are Jane Taylor, Sayaka Murata, Catherine Asaro, Eric Linklater, Wolf Blitzer, and Alexandre del Valle. After her are Pınar Selek, David Gerrold, Fatou Diome, James Kelman, Robert Seethaler, and Colson Whitehead.

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Among people born in 1859, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 144. Before her are Theobald Smith, Christopher Hornsrud, Sidney Lee, George Lansbury, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and Tom Watson. After her are Dorabji Tata, and Cecil Sharp. Among people deceased in 1929, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 146. Before her are Joseph Smit, Birger Sjöberg, Dustin Farnum, Sigurd Jørgensen, Rebeca Matte Bello, and Gladys Brockwell.

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Among people born in United States, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 13,749 out of 20,380. Before her are Floyd Cramer (1933), Mitchell Baker (1957), Grant Hill (1972), Gabriel Moore (1785), Sheila Kelley (1961), and Deniece Williams (1950). After her are Keith Lee (1984), David Gerrold (1944), Kristine Lilly (1971), Hillary Wolf (1977), Scott Wolf (1968), and Charles Adkins (1932).

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Among writers born in United States, Katharine Lee Bates ranks 973. Before her are Jonathan Lethem (1964), Mitch Albom (1958), Daniel Handler (1970), Chris Hedges (1956), Kerry Kennedy (1959), and Catherine Asaro (1955). After her are David Gerrold (1944), Colson Whitehead (1969), Anthony Doerr (1973), Lauren Weisberger (1977), Russell Simmons (1957), and Ogden Nash (1902).

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