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Nathaniel Hawthorne

1804 - 1864

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that town. Hawthorne entered Bowdoin College in 1821, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1824, and graduated in 1825. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nathaniel Hawthorne is the 519th most popular writer (up from 535th in 2019), the 649th most popular biography from United States (down from 548th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Writer.

Nathaniel Hawthorne is most famous for his novel, The Scarlet Letter.

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Among writers, Nathaniel Hawthorne ranks 519 out of 7,302. Before him are August Wilhelm Schlegel, Robert Walser, Jostein Gaarder, Ivan Franko, Tibullus, and Ivan Goncharov. After him are Ilya Ehrenburg, Michel Houellebecq, Boris Vian, William S. Burroughs, Novatian, and G. K. Chesterton.

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Among people born in 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne ranks 13. Before him are Benjamin Disraeli, Mikhail Glinka, Emil Lenz, Allan Kardec, Marie Taglioni, and Mongkut. After him are Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Richard Owen, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, John Deere, Eugène Sue, and Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve. Among people deceased in 1864, Nathaniel Hawthorne ranks 7. Before him are George Boole, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Ferdinand Lassalle, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, and Vuk Karadžić. After him are Cheoljong of Joseon, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Princess Charlotte of Denmark, Hong Xiuquan, J. E. B. Stuart, and William I of Württemberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nathaniel Hawthorne ranks 649 out of 20,380. Before him are Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Dave Bautista (1969), Tiny Tim (1932), Goldie Hawn (1945), and King C. Gillette (1855). After him are David Carradine (1936), Gordon Allport (1897), Dian Fossey (1932), Lucy Webb Hayes (1831), William Lipscomb (1919), and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nathaniel Hawthorne ranks 55. Before him are Henry James (1843), Philip Roth (1933), Dan Brown (1964), Harper Lee (1926), Eugene O'Neill (1888), and Louise Glück (1943). After him are William S. Burroughs (1914), Tennessee Williams (1911), Richard Bach (1936), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Tom Clancy (1947), and Sidney Sheldon (1917).

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