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Morgan Robertson

1861 - 1915

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Morgan Andrew Robertson (September 30, 1861 - March 24, 1915) was an American author of short stories and novels, and the self-proclaimed inventor of the periscope. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Morgan Robertson is the 3,126th most popular writer (up from 3,352nd in 2019), the 4,523rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,260th in 2019) and the 359th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Morgan Robertson ranks 3,126 out of 7,302. Before him are Marco Foscarini, Jean-Sifrein Maury, Lily Braun, Leon Uris, Kostis Palamas, and Joseph Delaney. After him are László Polgár, Andrea Dworkin, José Lezama Lima, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, Ursula Kuczynski, and Brian Herbert.

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Among people born in 1861, Morgan Robertson ranks 83. Before him are Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen, Charlie Soong, Félix Fénéon, Auguste Vaillant, Jacques-Émile Blanche, and Motilal Nehru. After him are Frederick Jackson Turner, Curt von Bardeleben, Lucien Simon, Paul Ranson, E. Pauline Johnson, and Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg. Among people deceased in 1915, Morgan Robertson ranks 63. Before him are Serafino Vannutelli, Adolphe Pégoud, Gabriel von Max, Nagakura Shinpachi, Henry Roscoe, and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild. After him are Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Raffaello Giovagnoli, Arthur Hughes, Booker T. Washington, Hugo Schiff, and Béla Kiss.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Morgan Robertson ranks 4,523 out of 20,380. Before him are Leon Uris (1924), Veronica Hart (1956), Moses Malone (1955), Tim Matheson (1947), Kyra Sedgwick (1965), and Leo Penn (1921). After him are Michael H. Hart (1932), Doug Russell (1946), Paul Romer (1955), Lenny Bruce (1925), Rensis Likert (1903), and Andrea Dworkin (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Morgan Robertson ranks 359. Before him are E. L. Doctorow (1931), Gregory Benford (1941), Larry Niven (1938), Jim Rohn (1930), Jonathan Franzen (1959), and Leon Uris (1924). After him are Andrea Dworkin (1946), Brian Herbert (1947), Robert Ressler (1937), Edward Gorey (1925), Andre Norton (1912), and Robert Penn Warren (1905).

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