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Sydney, Lady Morgan

1776 - 1859

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Sydney, Lady Morgan (née Owenson; c. 1778 – 14 April 1859), was an Irish novelist, best known for The Wild Irish Girl (1806), a romantic, and some critics suggest, "proto-feminist", novel with political and patriotic overtones. Her work, including continental travelogues, sparked controversy and faced censorship. She counted Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron among her defenders. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sydney, Lady Morgan is the 5,576th most popular writer (up from 5,723rd in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 269th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Irish Writer.

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Among writers, Sydney, Lady Morgan ranks 5,576 out of 7,302. Before her are El-Registan, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Swarnakumari Devi, Stratis Myrivilis, József Bajza, and Mirvarid Dilbazi. After her are Tony Cliff, Diana Der Hovanessian, Hamo Sahyan, Mira Alečković, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Ndre Mjeda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Sydney, Lady Morgan ranks 39. Before her are Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Ignaz von Seyfried, Henri Dutrochet, Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, Hirata Atsutane, and José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi. After her are Dániel Berzsenyi, Charles Hamilton Smith, George M. Bibb, and Amos Eaton. Among people deceased in 1859, Sydney, Lady Morgan ranks 56. Before her are Petrus Borel, Heinrich Zollinger, John Walker, Prince William of Baden, Thaddeus Bulgarin, and Mirabeau B. Lamar. After her are José Miguel de Velasco Franco, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Juan Bautista Ceballos, Charles Hamilton Smith, Bakht Khan, and George M. Bibb.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Sydney, Lady Morgan ranks 265 out of 549. Before her are William McGonagall (1825), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), Alison Doody (1966), Victor Herbert (1859), Luke Kelly (1940), and Owen Moore (1886). After her are Philip Pettit (1945), Matt McGrath (1875), Domhnall Gleeson (1983), Liam Brady (1956), Brian Shawe-Taylor (1915), and James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Sydney, Lady Morgan ranks 37. Before her are William Trevor (1928), Jane Wilde (1821), John Boyne (1971), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Maeve Binchy (1939), and William McGonagall (1825). After her are Eoin Colfer (1965), Nahum Tate (1652), John Connolly (1968), Michael Scott (1959), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), and Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906).

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