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Mary Baker Eddy

1821 - 1910

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Mary Baker Eddy (née Baker; July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader and author, who in 1879 founded The Church of Christ, Scientist, the Mother Church of the Christian Science movement. She also founded The Christian Science Monitor in 1908, and three religious magazines: the Christian Science Sentinel, The Christian Science Journal, and The Herald of Christian Science. Eddy wrote numerous books and articles, most notably the 1875 book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, selected as one of the "75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World" by the Women's National Book Association. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Baker Eddy is the 2,356th most popular writer (down from 2,332nd in 2019), the 3,400th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,910th in 2019) and the 271st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Mary Baker Eddy ranks 2,356 out of 7,302. Before her are Israel Joshua Singer, Keigo Higashino, Marius Maximus, Mikołaj Rej, Ulf Stark, and Guillermo Cabrera Infante. After her are Kenneth Grahame, Corax of Syracuse, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Ben Shapiro, Zhou Daguan, and William Smith.

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Among people born in 1821, Mary Baker Eddy ranks 40. Before her are Ford Madox Brown, Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, Napoleon Sarony, Leon Pinsker, Gabriel García Moreno, and John C. Breckinridge. After her are Ferdinand Gregorovius, Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este, Ion C. Brătianu, Cyprian Norwid, and Félix Ziem. Among people deceased in 1910, Mary Baker Eddy ranks 49. Before her are Friedrich Kohlrausch, Osman Hamdi Bey, Maria Konopnicka, Boutros Ghali, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, and Wilhelm Raabe. After her are Reginald Doherty, Emmanuel Frémiet, Luo Yixiu, Winslow Homer, Gustave Moynier, and Princess Marie of the Netherlands.

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Among people born in United States, Mary Baker Eddy ranks 3,400 out of 20,380. Before her are Stefanie Powers (1942), Al Freeman Jr. (1934), Stanley Kamel (1943), Lauren Holly (1963), Susan Flannery (1939), and Harry Dexter White (1892). After her are Michael Bolton (1953), Don McLean (1945), Ben Shapiro (1984), Grandma Moses (1860), Coleman Hawkins (1904), and Merce Cunningham (1919).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mary Baker Eddy ranks 271. Before her are Kathy Reichs (1948), Richard Brautigan (1935), Lydia Davis (1947), August Derleth (1909), Cornell Woolrich (1903), and Joseph D. Pistone (1939). After her are Ben Shapiro (1984), Jacques Futrelle (1875), Annie Proulx (1935), Djuna Barnes (1892), Dorothy Parker (1893), and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950).

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