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Radclyffe Hall

1880 - 1943

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Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe-Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943), more known under her pen name Radclyffe Hall, was an English poet and author, best known for the novel The Well of Loneliness, a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. In adulthood, she often called herself John, rather than Marguerite. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Radclyffe Hall is the 4,245th most popular writer (up from 4,405th in 2019), the 3,367th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,147th in 2019) and the 371st most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Radclyffe Hall ranks 4,245 out of 7,302Before her are Eno Raud, María de Zayas, Raphael Holinshed, Marilynne Robinson, James Krüss, and Pyotr Vyazemsky. After her are Natallia Arsiennieva, Annemarie Selinko, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Osip Brik, Adrienne Clarkson, and Josefina Pla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Radclyffe Hall ranks 154Before her are Parashqevi Qiriazi, Joseph Grew, Alexander Bogomazov, Carl Skottsberg, Harry Baur, and Agha Petros. After her are Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, Fred Alexander, Cora Sandel, Margit Kaffka, Ernest Oppenheimer, and Johan Jarlén. Among people deceased in 1943, Radclyffe Hall ranks 159Before her are Vittorio Sella, Aliagha Shikhlinski, Nikolai Avksentiev, George Hillyard, Harry Baur, and Ioannis Persakis. After her are Walter Thiel, Eva Kotchever, Heinrich Zimmer, Maurice Hemelsoet, Estella Agsteribbe, and Attila Petschauer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Radclyffe Hall ranks 3,368 out of 8,785Before her are Jock Stein (1922), Raphael Holinshed (1529), Ian Paisley (1926), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), Gladys Cooper (1888), and George Graham (1673). After her are Martin Barre (1946), George Eastham (1936), Damaris Cudworth Masham (1659), Michael Ball (1962), Philip Reeve (1966), and Ken Green (1924).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Radclyffe Hall ranks 371Before her are Eliza Acton (1799), Walter Map (1140), Christopher Priest (1943), William Davenant (1606), William Hazlitt (1778), and Raphael Holinshed (1529). After her are Philip Reeve (1966), Arthur Ransome (1884), Graham Swift (1949), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), David Almond (1951), and Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844).