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Maria Edgeworth

1768 - 1849

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Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was an Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held critical views on estate management, politics, and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo. During the first decade of the 19th century she was one of the most widely read novelists in Britain and Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). Maria Edgeworth is the 3,280th most popular writer (up from 4,063rd in 2024), the 2,661st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,917th in 2019) and the 299th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Maria Edgeworth ranks 3,280 out of 7,302. Before her are David Gemmell, Armen Ohanian, Bernhard Grzimek, Anselm Grün, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, and Raffaello Giovagnoli. After her are Sophie von La Roche, Manuel José Quintana, Longchenpa, Justus Jonas, Juliette Adam, and Elena Văcărescu.

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Among people born in 1768, Maria Edgeworth ranks 29. Before her are Joseph Anton Koch, Wang Zhenyi, Elizabeth Monroe, Jean-Baptiste Debret, Dolley Madison, and Maria Wirtemberska. After her are Jacques Lauriston, Agustín Eyzaguirre, Jędrzej Śniadecki, Zacharias Werner, Kaʻahumanu, and Anthony Carlisle. Among people deceased in 1849, Maria Edgeworth ranks 45. Before her are Dolley Madison, Jan Svatopluk Presl, Pierre François Verhulst, William Etty, Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria, and Goffredo Mameli. After her are Marc Isambard Brunel, François Marius Granet, Carlo Rossi, Pavel Chichagov, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, and Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Maria Edgeworth ranks 2,662 out of 8,785. Before her are Thomas Hill (1829), Alasdair Gray (1934), David Gemmell (1948), John Taylor (1960), Paul Freeman (1943), and Andrew Robertson (1994). After her are Sylvester McCoy (1943), Dennis Stratton (1952), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), Charles Wesley (1707), Jonathan Sacks (1948), and Jodie Whittaker (1982).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Maria Edgeworth ranks 299. Before her are Andrew Lang (1844), John Henry Mackay (1864), Eric Ambler (1909), Robert Fisk (1946), Alasdair Gray (1934), and David Gemmell (1948). After her are Richard Baxter (1615), Philip Kerr (1956), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Alan Sillitoe (1928), Charles Lamb (1775), and Russell T Davies (1963).

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