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Abraham Cowley

1618 - 1667

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Abraham Cowley (; 1618 – 28 July 1667) was an English poet and essayist born in the City of London late in 1618. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Cowley has received more than 208,805 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Cowley is the 5,698th most popular writer (down from 5,326th in 2019), the 4,421st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,314th in 2019) and the 500th most popular British Writer.

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  • 210k

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  • 45.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Selected works
1949
Cowley's Essays
1819
Cutter of Coleman-Street
1663
The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley
1668
The essays of Abraham Cowley
1868
Poems
1656

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abraham Cowley ranks 5,698 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward Wilmot Blyden, Earl Derr Biggers, George Mikes, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Dee Brown, and Ágnes Gergely. After him are Federigo Tozzi, Ivan Dmitriev, Claude McKay, Antoni Słonimski, Conrad Hall, and Henry Ward Beecher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1618, Abraham Cowley ranks 17. Before him are Juraj Križanić, Michiel Sweerts, Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, and Vittoria Farnese.  Among people deceased in 1667, Abraham Cowley ranks 25. Before him are Jean de Thévenot, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Johann von Rist, Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Jacobus Golius, and Giovanni Battista Zupi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Abraham Cowley ranks 4,421 out of 8,785. Before him are John Morton (1420), Maud Gonne (1866), Gavin Bryars (1943), Thomas Nuttall (1786), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801), and Richard Garriott (1961). After him are Jeremy Spencer (1948), Richard Sinclair (1948), Randolph Caldecott (1846), Susan Haack (1945), Thomas Sully (1783), and Leander Starr Jameson (1853).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Abraham Cowley ranks 500. Before him are Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), James Hogg (1770), William Michael Rossetti (1829), Ernest Dowson (1867), Martin Litchfield West (1937), and Charles Allston Collins (1828). After him are Peter Morgan (1963), Joe Orton (1933), Frederick Rolfe (1860), Pauline Baynes (1922), David Mitchell (1969), and Alan Ayckbourn (1939).

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