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Vernon Lee

1856 - 1935

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Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of the French-born British writer Violet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935). She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction and her work on aesthetics. An early follower of Walter Pater, she wrote over a dozen volumes of essays on art, music and travel. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vernon Lee is the 5,395th most popular writer (down from 5,351st in 2019), the 4,735th most popular biography from France (down from 4,684th in 2019) and the 604th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Vernon Lee ranks 5,395 out of 7,302. Before her are Frank O'Hara, Per Olof Sundman, Umihana Čuvidina, Anne V. Coates, Angélica Gorodischer, and Philippe Claudel. After her are Hugh Walpole, Jacques Dupin, Giorgi Leonidze, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Katherine Neville, and Jean Amrouche.

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Among people born in 1856, Vernon Lee ranks 116. Before her are Anton Aškerc, Wilhelm Geiger, Leon Benois, Yuly Shokalsky, Edward Bagnall Poulton, and Kenyon Cox. After her are Orville Gibson, Karolina Widerström, Jinzō Matsumura, Belisario Porras Barahona, Wovoka, and Walther von Dyck. Among people deceased in 1935, Vernon Lee ranks 131. Before her are Johan Ramstedt, Gerhard Louis De Geer, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Pieter Cort van der Linden, Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, and Thelma Todd. After her are Nikodem Caro, Guido Balzarini, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Jón Þorláksson, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, and Herbert Ponting.

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In France

Among people born in France, Vernon Lee ranks 4,735 out of 6,770. Before her are Laurent Koscielny (1985), Corinne Calvet (1925), Léon Delagrange (1872), Robert Boutigny (1927), Pierre Chambon (1931), and Philippe Claudel (1962). After her are Pierre Gasly (1996), Jacques Dupin (1927), Jean-Louis Borloo (1951), Guillaume Grandidier (1873), Éric Bernard (1964), and Martin Fourcade (1988).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Vernon Lee ranks 604. Before her are Claude Mauriac (1914), Jacques Laurent (1919), Louis Guilloux (1899), Marceline Loridan-Ivens (1928), Raymond Schwartz (1894), and Philippe Claudel (1962). After her are Jacques Dupin (1927), Anatole Le Braz (1859), Carine Roitfeld (1954), Jeanne Dumée (1660), Teresa de la Parra (1889), and René Benjamin (1885).

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