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Alfred Austin

1835 - 1913

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Alfred Austin (30 May 1835 – 2 June 1913) was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after an interval following the death of Tennyson, when the other candidates had either caused controversy or refused the honour. It was claimed that he was being rewarded for his support for the Conservative leader Lord Salisbury in the General Election of 1895. Austin's poems are little remembered today, his most popular work being prose idylls celebrating nature. Wilfred Scawen Blunt wrote of him, "He is an acute and ready reasoner, and is well read in theology and science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Alfred Austin is the 6,627th most popular writer (down from 6,389th in 2024), the 6,112th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,563rd in 2019) and the 683rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Alfred Austin ranks 6,627 out of 7,302. Before him are Rick Yancey, Adam Horowitz, Derek Taylor, Terence MacSwiney, Nadav Lapid, and Vagif Sultanli. After him are Tonino Benacquista, Virginia Hamilton, Kunzang Choden, Nele Neuhaus, Stanley Kunitz, and Patrick Kavanagh.

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Among people born in 1835, Alfred Austin ranks 92. Before him are Émile Léonard Mathieu, Vítězslav Hálek, Rebecca Latimer Felton, William Stanley Haseltine, Lyman Abbott, and Fitzhugh Lee. After him is Emily Faithfull. Among people deceased in 1913, Alfred Austin ranks 95. Before him are Mathilde Marchesi, Emma Schenson, Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels, Alphonse Kirchhoffer, Frederick Rolfe, and Daniel David Palmer. After him are Alfred Lyttelton, and Joaquin Miller.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Alfred Austin ranks 6,114 out of 8,785. Before him are Gerry Marsden (1942), Elizabeth Allan (1910), Derek Taylor (1932), Robin Cousins (1957), Elisabeth Lutyens (1906), and Duncan James (1978). After him are Jason Hughes (1971), Samantha Power (1970), David Davis (1948), Goldie (1965), Ronnie Allen (1929), and Nathaniel Phillips (1997).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alfred Austin ranks 683. Before him are Anna Burns (1962), Ann Oakley (1944), Thomas Shadwell (1642), Catherine Cookson (1906), William Collins (1721), and Derek Taylor (1932). After him are Dinah Craik (1826), Charles Stross (1964), Stanley Middleton (1919), Conn Iggulden (1971), Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802), and Lady Gabriella Kingston (1981).

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