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Kenneth Grahame

1859 - 1932

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Kenneth Grahame ( GRAY-əm; 8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a British writer. He is best remembered for the classic of children's literature The Wind in the Willows (1908). Born in Scotland, he spent most of his childhood with his grandmother in England, following the death of his mother and his father's inability to look after the children. After attending St Edward's School in Oxford, his ambition to attend university was thwarted and he joined the Bank of England, where he had a successful career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth Grahame is the 2,357th most popular writer (down from 2,132nd in 2019), the 2,003rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,604th in 2019) and the 226th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Kenneth Grahame ranks 2,357 out of 7,302. Before him are Keigo Higashino, Marius Maximus, Mikołaj Rej, Ulf Stark, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Mary Baker Eddy. After him are Corax of Syracuse, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Ben Shapiro, Zhou Daguan, William Smith, and Hervé Bazin.

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Among people born in 1859, Kenneth Grahame ranks 57. Before him are Léon Duguit, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, Walther von Lüttwitz, Constantine VI of Constantinople, Charles Diehl, and Alfred Hettner. After him are Ernesto Cesàro, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, Fanny Bullock Workman, Karl von Stürgkh, Adolf Bertram, and Sergei Lyapunov. Among people deceased in 1932, Kenneth Grahame ranks 56. Before him are Pēteris Stučka, Paolo Boselli, Ignaz Seipel, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Rudolf Bauer, and Emil Orlík. After him are Paul Neumann, Hovannes Adamian, Lytton Strachey, Reginald Fessenden, Farabundo Martí, and Max Slevogt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kenneth Grahame ranks 2,003 out of 8,785. Before him are Dennis Nilsen (1945), Mary Astell (1666), John Fletcher (1579), Henry Allingham (1896), Roger Hodgson (1950), and Pauline Moran (1947). After him are Alan Bates (1934), Joanne Whalley (1961), Charles Hatchett (1765), Gerry Adams (1948), Paul Gallagher (1954), and William Smith (1813).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Kenneth Grahame ranks 226. Before him are Tobias Smollett (1721), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Orderic Vitalis (1075), Ouida (1839), Mary Astell (1666), and John Fletcher (1579). After him are William Smith (1813), Sister Nivedita (1867), John Marston (1576), Noël Coward (1899), James Boswell (1740), and Irvine Welsh (1957).

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