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Taylor Caldwell

1900 - 1985

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Janet Miriam Caldwell (September 7, 1900 – August 30, 1985) was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also known by a variation of her married name, J. Miriam Reback. In her fiction, she often used real historical events or persons. Taylor Caldwell's best-known works include Dynasty of Death, Dear and Glorious Physician (about Saint Luke), Ceremony of the Innocent, Pillar of Iron (about Cicero), The Earth is the Lord's (about Genghis Khan) and Captains and the Kings. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Taylor Caldwell is the 4,828th most popular writer (down from 4,667th in 2019), the 3,793rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,364th in 2019) and the 410th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Taylor Caldwell ranks 4,828 out of 7,302. Before her are Vitaliano Brancati, Shin Kyung-sook, Jakob Abbadie, Valentin Conrart, Mamoni Raisom Goswami, and Göran Tunström. After her are Paula Fox, C. L. Moore, Sidney Howard, Horst Bienek, Roger Ascham, and C. A. Rosetti.

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Among people born in 1900, Taylor Caldwell ranks 233. Before her are Alice Neel, César Espinoza, Mikhail Lavrentyev, Émile Mercier, Irene Guest, and Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen. After her are Arthur Norris, Hyman G. Rickover, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, Bing Xin, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, and Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira. Among people deceased in 1985, Taylor Caldwell ranks 188. Before her are Lucien Michard, Uku Masing, Victor Carlund, Rudolf Gnägi, Arkady Fiedler, and Božo Broketa. After her are George London, Myrtle Cook, Harald Cramér, Hua Luogeng, Ruth Orkin, and George Raynor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Taylor Caldwell ranks 3,794 out of 8,785. Before her are Jack Goody (1919), John Hartley (1849), Seán Lester (1888), William Frederick Denning (1848), Ashley Williams (1984), and Willie Waddell (1921). After her are Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), Andrew Davis (1944), Marie Spartali Stillman (1844), Richard O'Brien (1942), Trevor Bolder (1950), and Jack Sheppard (1702).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Taylor Caldwell ranks 410. Before her are Thomas Middleton (1580), Quentin Crisp (1908), Henri Alleg (1921), John Mawe (1764), Michael Hirst (1952), and Max Beerbohm (1872). After her are Roger Ascham (1515), Helen Fielding (1958), Ronald Knox (1888), Hanif Kureishi (1954), Clare Hollingworth (1911), and Lucy Hawking (1969).

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