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R. M. Ballantyne

1825 - 1894

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Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction, who wrote more than a hundred books. He was also an accomplished artist: he exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. R. M. Ballantyne is the 1,852nd most popular writer (up from 5,284th in 2019), the 1,654th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,983rd in 2019) and the 177th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 1,852 out of 7,302. Before him are Giovannino Guareschi, Marcel Schwob, Namık Kemal, Hans F. K. Günther, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Sarah Moore Grimké. After him are Miklós Nyiszli, John Green, Aelianus Tacticus, Feng Menglong, Nicander, and Josef Lada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 28. Before him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, George Phillips Bond, Mór Jókai, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, and Práxedes Mateo Sagasta. After him are Frances Harper, Edward Frankland, Hervé, Hans Gude, Friedrich von Schmidt, and Charles Lavigerie. Among people deceased in 1894, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 28. Before him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Eugène Charles Catalan, Nikolai Ge, Alexander von Middendorff, William Waddington, and August Kundt. After him are Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Guillaume Lekeu, Christina Rossetti, Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, Sante Geronimo Caserio, and Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 1,654 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Owen (1979), Gary Lineker (1960), Beau Brummell (1778), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Jon Anderson (1944), and Jessie J (1988). After him are Mark Phillips (1948), David Garrick (1717), Emily Blunt (1983), Greer Garson (1904), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), and Spencer Perceval (1762).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 177. Before him are Ted Hughes (1930), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Peter Shaffer (1926), Anthony Trollope (1815), Lucinda Riley (1965), and Walafrid Strabo (808). After him are John Christopher (1922), Hugh Lofting (1886), Arthur Machen (1863), John Farey Sr. (1766), Renée Vivien (1877), and Robert Faurisson (1929).

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