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Ouida

1839 - 1908

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Maria Louise Ramé (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908), going by the name Marie Louise de la Ramée and known by the pseudonym Ouida ( WEE-də), was an English novelist. Ouida wrote more than 40 novels, as well as short stories, children's books and essays. Moderately successful, she lived a life of luxury, entertaining many of the literary figures of the day. Under Two Flags (1867), one of her most famous novels, described the British in Algeria. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ouida is the 2,339th most popular writer (up from 2,563rd in 2019), the 1,994th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,893rd in 2019) and the 223rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Ouida ranks 2,339 out of 7,302. Before her are Maciej Stryjkowski, Vasko Popa, Phocylides, Edmond Jabès, Zosimos of Panopolis, and Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar. After her are Tayeb Salih, Duris of Samos, Victorinus of Pettau, Gregory Tsamblak, Musa Cälil, and Eupolis.

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Among people born in 1839, Ouida ranks 36. Before her are Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Francis Garnier, Gaston Paris, Ivan Goremykin, Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria, and Imre Steindl. After her are Takasugi Shinsaku, Hermann Levi, Otto Finsch, Béni Kállay, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, and Hans Thoma. Among people deceased in 1908, Ouida ranks 42. Before her are Andrew Graham, Eduard Zeller, Friedrich Traun, John Taylor, Antoine Béchamp, and Ludovic Halévy. After her are Qasim Amin, Sidney Paget, Richard Gerstl, Khudiram Bose, Edward MacDowell, and Nikolai Linevich.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ouida ranks 1,994 out of 8,785. Before her are Wayne Rooney (1985), John Muir (1838), Billy Connolly (1942), Algernon Blackwood (1869), David Byrne (1952), and Andy Whitfield (1971). After her are William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Sophie Turner (1996), Dennis Nilsen (1945), Mary Astell (1666), John Fletcher (1579), and Henry Allingham (1896).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ouida ranks 223. Before her are Thomas Gray (1716), James Herbert Brennan (1940), Dick Francis (1920), Tobias Smollett (1721), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), and Orderic Vitalis (1075). After her are Mary Astell (1666), John Fletcher (1579), Kenneth Grahame (1859), William Smith (1813), Sister Nivedita (1867), and John Marston (1576).

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