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Algernon Charles Swinburne

1837 - 1909

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Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He wrote many plays - all tragedies - and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads, and contributed to the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Swinburne wrote about many taboo topics, such as lesbianism, sado-masochism, and anti-theism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Algernon Charles Swinburne has received more than 783,682 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Algernon Charles Swinburne is the 1,659th most popular writer (up from 1,744th in 2019), the 1,267th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,376th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

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  • 3.91

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Notable Works

A study of Shakespeare
Accessible book, Criticism and interpretation, London New Shakespeare Society
1880
Atalanta in Calydon
Drama, Atalanta (Greek mythology), Meleager (Greek mythology)
1865
Poems
Accessible book, English poetry, Poesie anglaise
1904
Poems and ballads
Drama, Atalanta (Greek mythology), Meleager (Greek mythology)
1866
Songs before sunrise
Florence Press
1871
Tristram of Lyonesse
1882

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Algernon Charles Swinburne ranks 1,659 out of 7,302. Before him are Liu Zongyuan, Christy Brown, Meleager of Gadara, Alma Karlin, Ba Jin, and Anagarika Dharmapala. After him are Egon Kisch, Joseph Needham, Nina Berberova, Walafrid Strabo, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, and Gampopa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Algernon Charles Swinburne ranks 36. Before him are Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Abraham Kuyper, James Murray, Joseph Bell, Arnold Janssen, and Henry Draper. After him are Wild Bill Hickok, Pierre Auguste Cot, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Théodore Dubois, Georg Ebers, and Ion Creangă. Among people deceased in 1909, Algernon Charles Swinburne ranks 29. Before him are Princess Marie of Orléans, Naftali Herz Imber, Arnold Janssen, Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Simon Newcomb, and Ludwig Gumplowicz. After him are Caran d'Ache, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Karl Krumbacher, Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, and Afonso Pena.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Algernon Charles Swinburne ranks 1,267 out of 8,785. Before him are R. G. Collingwood (1889), Susan Boyle (1961), Dusty Springfield (1939), Jon Anderson (1944), Harold Shipman (1946), and David Chipperfield (1953). After him are Hudson Taylor (1832), Joseph Needham (1900), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Frances de la Tour (1944), Scott Adkins (1976), and John Hawkwood (1320).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Algernon Charles Swinburne ranks 143. Before him are Sister Nivedita (1867), Alistair MacLean (1922), Ruth Rendell (1930), Alasdair Gray (1934), Robert Faurisson (1929), and A. S. Byatt (1936). After him are Joseph Needham (1900), Walafrid Strabo (808), Edward Lear (1812), Barbara Cartland (1901), Branwell Brontë (1817), and Lucinda Riley (1965).

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