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Nancy Mitford

1904 - 1973

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Nancy Freeman-Mitford (28 November 1904 – 30 June 1973) was an English novelist, biographer, and journalist who was regarded as one of the "bright young things" on the London social scene in the inter-war period. She wrote several novels about upper-class life in England and France, and is considered a sharp and often provocative wit. She also has a reputation as a writer of popular historical biographies. Mitford enjoyed a privileged childhood as the eldest of the Mitford sisters, six girls born to David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale and his wife Sydney Bowles (1880–1963), namely Nancy herself (born 1904), Pamela (1907), Diana (1910), Unity (1914), Jessica (1917) and Deborah (1920). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Mitford is the 3,823rd most popular writer (down from 3,707th in 2019), the 3,021st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,638th in 2019) and the 344th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Nancy Mitford ranks 3,823 out of 7,302. Before her are Taslima Nasrin, Ferenc Kölcsey, Mascha Kaléko, Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, Charles Blanc, and Ryhor Baradulin. After her are Halina Konopacka, Jean Echenoz, Zoe Akins, Ruben Sevak, Sara Teasdale, and Luis Vélez de Guevara.

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Among people born in 1904, Nancy Mitford ranks 190. Before her are Srečko Kosovel, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Ibrahim Moustafa, Helen Kane, József Takács, and Lili Damita. After her are Mykola Bazhan, Balys Dvarionas, Hans Furler, Chishū Ryū, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, and Anton Yugov. Among people deceased in 1973, Nancy Mitford ranks 156. Before her are Ira Sprague Bowen, Paavo Talvela, Alexander Mosolov, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Mikhail Isakovsky, and İbrahim Kaypakkaya. After her are Lev Artsimovich, Israel Albert Horowitz, Kid Ory, Beulah Louise Henry, Willy Fritsch, and Winthrop Rockefeller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nancy Mitford ranks 3,022 out of 8,785. Before her are Eddie Gray (1948), James Galway (1939), Gareth Edwards (1975), James Guillaume (1844), Paul Day (1956), and William John Burchell (1781). After her are Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761), Joseph Aspdin (1778), Lullus (710), Paul Cook (1956), Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841), and Hilary Mantel (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Nancy Mitford ranks 344. Before her are Anthony Hope (1863), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), Peter Cheyney (1896), John Ford (1586), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), and Peter Mayle (1939). After her are Hilary Mantel (1952), Paul Johnson (1928), Graham Hancock (1950), Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Richard Hammond (1969), and Andrew Marvell (1621).

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