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Marie Belloc Lowndes

1868 - 1947

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Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Lowndes (née Belloc; 5 August 1868 – 14 November 1947), who wrote as Marie Belloc Lowndes, was a prolific English novelist, and sister of author Hilaire Belloc. Active from 1898 until her death, she had a reputation for combining exciting incidents with psychological interest in her books. Four of her works were adapted for the screen: The Chink in the Armour (1912; adapted 1922), The Lodger (1913; adapted several times), Letty Lynton (1931; adapted 1932), and The Story of Ivy (1927; adapted 1947). The Lodger was also adapted as a 1940 radio drama and 1960 opera. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Belloc Lowndes is the 2,753rd most popular writer (up from 5,395th in 2019), the 2,292nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,097th in 2019) and the 255th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Marie Belloc Lowndes ranks 2,753 out of 7,302. Before her are Amalie Skram, Arno Schmidt, Kaj Munk, Charles-Louis Havas, Richard Wurmbrand, and Morris West. After her are Vladimir Voinovich, Renia Spiegel, Bonaventure des Périers, Alexandre Herculano, Maurice de Guérin, and Ion Creangă.

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Among people born in 1868, Marie Belloc Lowndes ranks 111. Before her are Giovanni Giacometti, Karl Röderer, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, Korbinian Brodmann, and Vydūnas. After her are H. J. R. Murray, Hugo Eckener, Marie Dressler, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ivan Regen, and Edgar Lee Masters. Among people deceased in 1947, Marie Belloc Lowndes ranks 106. Before her are Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Francesc Cambó, Andrei Shkuro, Carl Hilpert, Ludwig Kübler, and Lyuh Woon-hyung. After her are Petar Živković, Ferdinand Zecca, Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Ricarda Huch, Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, and Anton Schall.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Marie Belloc Lowndes ranks 2,292 out of 8,785. Before her are Roger Fry (1866), Matt Lucas (1974), Eric Temple Bell (1883), Bert Williams (1920), Riz Ahmed (1982), and Damon Albarn (1968). After her are Michael Sheen (1969), William Sealy Gosset (1876), Peter Hammill (1948), Miranda Richardson (1958), Howard Jones (1955), and Ernest Bevin (1881).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Marie Belloc Lowndes ranks 255. Before her are Anna Sewell (1820), Patrick O'Brian (1914), Wilfred Owen (1893), Branwell Brontë (1817), George Herbert (1593), and J. B. Priestley (1894). After her are Leonard Woolf (1880), Thomas Otway (1652), Taliesin (518), Robert Kerr (1755), John Webster (1578), and Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743).

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