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Mary Augusta Ward

1851 - 1920

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Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold; 11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920) was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward. She worked to improve education for the poor, setting up a Settlement in London. She was a staunch opponent of giving women the right to vote, and in 1908 she became the founding President of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Augusta Ward is the 6,521st most popular writer (up from 6,686th in 2019), the 465th most popular biography from Australia (up from 472nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Australian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mary Augusta Ward ranks 6,521 out of 7,302. Before her are Francisco Villarroel, Helle Helle, Peter Pišťanek, Sjón, Rose Tremain, and Tor Ulven. After her are Zona Gale, Maylis de Kerangal, Paweł Huelle, Somaly Mam, Joe Paterno, and Henry Green.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Mary Augusta Ward ranks 106. Before her are William Mitchell Ramsay, Berthold Englisch, William Quan Judge, Thomas Dewing, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, and Francis Maitland Balfour. After her are George Newnes, Leslie Ward, and Emily Ford. Among people deceased in 1920, Mary Augusta Ward ranks 134. Before her are Max Fürbringer, Daniel Kelly, Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Walter W. Winans, Amedee Reyburn, and Horace Elgin Dodge. After her are Harry Solter, Terence MacSwiney, and Louisa Lawson.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Mary Augusta Ward ranks 465 out of 1,143. Before her are Peter Sculthorpe (1929), Dante Exum (1995), Mick Harvey (1958), Kevin Berry (1945), James McTeigue (1967), and Essie Davis (1970). After her are June Maston (1928), Greg Norman (1955), Billy Bevan (1887), Alyssa Sutherland (1982), Mark Woodforde (1965), and Eugene Galekovic (1981).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Mary Augusta Ward ranks 28. Before her are Joan Lindsay (1896), Adam Elliot (1972), Robert Hughes (1938), Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920), Kate Morton (1976), and DBC Pierre (1961). After her are David Malouf (1934), Les Murray (1938), Richard Flanagan (1961), Liane Moriarty (1966), Donna Williams (1963), and Louisa Lawson (1848).

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