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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 196,302 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Abraham Cowley is the 5,345th most popular writer (down from 4,565th in 2019), the 4,323rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,548th in 2019) and the 481st most popular British Writer.

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  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abraham Cowley ranks 5,345 out of 5,755Before him are Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Herman Teirlinck, Victor Shenderovich, Howard Ashman, Philip G. Epstein, and György Bessenyei. After him are Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Nicholas Evans, John Berryman, Lars Ahlin, Scott Turow, and Jack McDevitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1618, Abraham Cowley ranks 17Before him are Michiel Sweerts, Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, Ferrante III Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla, and Vittoria Farnese.  Among people deceased in 1667, Abraham Cowley ranks 23Before him are Melchiorre Cafà, Franz Tunder, Giovanni Battista Zupi, Jean de Thévenot, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Johann von Rist.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Abraham Cowley ranks 4,323 out of 7,765Before him are Michael Caton-Jones (1957), William of Newburgh (1130), Arthur Berry (1888), Jeremy Kemp (1935), Tony Trimmer (1943), and Mark Fisher (1968). After him are Nicholas Evans (1950), Keir Hardie (1856), Bill Nicholson (1919), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), Arnold Jackson (1891), and Joseph Pickford (1736).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Abraham Cowley ranks 481Before him are Leigh Hunt (1784), David Mitchell (1969), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), David Garnett (1892), Anthony Powell (1905), and R. M. Ballantyne (1825). After him are Nicholas Evans (1950), Martin Litchfield West (1937), Thomas Campbell (1777), Piers Anthony (1934), Stephen Leacock (1869), and Kim Newman (1959).