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William Dean Howells

1837 - 1920

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William Dean Howells ( HOW-əlz; March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, playwright, and diplomat, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria, and the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day", which was adapted into a 1996 film of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Dean Howells is the 4,996th most popular writer (down from 4,973rd in 2019), the 7,578th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,953rd in 2019) and the 568th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, William Dean Howells ranks 4,996 out of 7,302. Before him are Gonzalo Rojas, Mordecai Kaplan, Kārlis Skalbe, Fay Weldon, Aleksei Kruchyonykh, and Robert B. Parker. After him are Eduard Bagritsky, Ranko Marinković, Manuel Alegre, Alexander Kazantsev, Greg Egan, and Ángel Ganivet.

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Among people born in 1837, William Dean Howells ranks 96. Before him are Artur Grottger, Thomas Moran, Paul Gordan, Princess Leopoldine of Baden, Petre P. Carp, and Juan Lindolfo Cuestas. After him are Leo Königsberger, Pedro Varela, Karl Mauch, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau, Carl Koldewey, and Theodor Rosetti. Among people deceased in 1920, William Dean Howells ranks 108. Before him are Dan Andersson, Gabrielle Réjane, Aleksey Shakhmatov, Panas Myrny, William de Wiveleslie Abney, and Ion Dragoumis. After him are Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez, Otto Bütschli, Georgios Papasideris, Hermann Oldenberg, Horatio Caro, and Mary Katharine Brandegee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Dean Howells ranks 7,580 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Krueger (1960), Bob Barker (1923), Diamanda Galás (1955), Harriet Bland (1915), Jessica Jaymes (1979), and Robert B. Parker (1932). After him are Emma Smith (1804), Kristen Cloke (1968), Ottis Toole (1947), Jon McBride (1943), Gilbert Kaplan (1941), and Henry Carr (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Dean Howells ranks 568. Before him are Erica Jong (1942), Russell Kirk (1918), Carrie Nation (1846), Robert Lowell (1917), Jack Finney (1911), and Robert B. Parker (1932). After him are John O'Hara (1905), Isabel Briggs Myers (1897), Rod Serling (1924), Edmund Wilson (1895), Louella Parsons (1881), and Frank Norris (1870).

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