Writer

William Cowper

English poet and hymnodist

1731 - 1800

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His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). William Cowper is the 3,565th most popular writer (down from 3,502nd in 2024), the 2,850th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,514th in 2019) and the 324th most popular British Writer.

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#41,459

More than 2 centuries after death, William Cowper still holds rank #41,459 among all individuals in Pantheon.

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William Cowper's biography appears in 37 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 82% of all Writers.

Nov 26

William Cowper shares a November 26 birthday with Ferdinand de Saussure, Maud of Wales, and Eugène Ionesco.

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Among Writers

Among writers, William Cowper ranks 3,565 out of 7,302. Before him are George the Hagiorite, Garlieb Merkel, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Nihal Atsız, Lady Ise, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. After him are Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Jonathan Littell, Robert McKee, Victor Pelevin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Françoise Giroud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1731, William Cowper ranks 15. Before him are Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, Maria Fortunata d'Este, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Gaetano Pugnani, Christian Cannabich, and Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Dirk van der Aa, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Robert Treat Paine, Victor Louis, and Gabriela Silang. Among people deceased in 1800, William Cowper ranks 25. Before him are Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Joseph de Guignes, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, Koca Yusuf Pasha, Friedrich Gilly, and Abraham Gotthelf Kästner. After him are Michael Denis, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Victor Louis, and John Rutledge.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Cowper ranks 2,850 out of 8,785. Before him are Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), John Glen (1932), Bob Anderson (1931), Alan Lee (1947), Maurice Evans (1901), and Benjamin Jones (1882). After him are Christine Keeler (1942), Ruth Belville (1854), Kevin McNally (1956), Henry Dudeney (1857), Arthur Roche (1950), and John Chadwick (1920).

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Among Writers In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Cowper ranks 324. Before him are John Winthrop (1588), Richard Hakluyt (1552), Anthony Horowitz (1955), Robert Holdstock (1948), William Ernest Henley (1849), and John Osborne (1929). After him are E. W. Hornung (1866), Arthur Waley (1889), Edward William Lane (1801), Nevil Shute (1899), Alma Reville (1899), and Charles Lock Eastlake (1793).

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