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Nathaniel Parker Willis

1806 - 1867

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Nathaniel Parker Willis (January 20, 1806 – January 20, 1867), also known as N. P. Willis, was an American writer, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became the highest-paid magazine writer of his day. His brother was the composer Richard Storrs Willis and his sister Sara wrote under the name Fanny Fern. Harriet Jacobs wrote her autobiography while being employed as his children's nurse. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Nathaniel Parker Willis is the 6,265th most popular writer (down from 6,118th in 2024), the 11,277th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,319th in 2019) and the 822nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 6,265 out of 7,302. Before him are August Wilson, Judith Merril, Masih Alinejad, Laurent Binet, Robert Henryson, and Shrilal Shukla. After him are Edwin Arlington Robinson, Miklós Haraszti, Andrzej Stasiuk, Robert B. Sherman, Margaret Drabble, and John Seigenthaler.

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Among people born in 1806, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 62. Before him are Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov, Blanka Teleki, Heinrich Laube, Pascual Madoz, Ramón Cabrera, 1st Duke of Maestrazgo, and Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco. After him are Leonidas Polk, John B. Floyd, William P. Fessenden, Henry A. Wise, and William Gilmore Simms. Among people deceased in 1867, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 62. Before him are Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Sterling Price, Ira Aldridge, Robert Smirke, and Prideaux John Selby. After him is Thomas Francis Meagher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 11,285 out of 20,380. Before him are Adam Schiff (1960), Dorrit Hoffleit (1907), Chad Allen (1974), Gene Saks (1921), Leah Remini (1970), Vicki Peterson (1958), James Williamson (1949), Tony Cox (1958), Amy Aquino (1957), Christine Ladd-Franklin (1847), Martha Raye (1916), and Carl Yastrzemski (1939).

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Among writers born in United States, Nathaniel Parker Willis ranks 822. Before him are Charlie Jane Anders (1969), Linda Woolverton (1952), Akiva Goldsman (1962), Katie Couric (1957), August Wilson (1945), and Judith Merril (1923). After him are Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869), Robert B. Sherman (1925), John Seigenthaler (1927), Sarah Winnemucca (1844), Stephen Glass (1972), and Brené Brown (1965).

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