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Anne Bradstreet

1612 - 1672

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Anne Bradstreet (née Dudley; March 8, 1612 – September 16, 1672) was among the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first Puritan figure in American Literature and notable for her large corpus of poetry, as well as personal writings published posthumously. Born to a wealthy Puritan family in Northampton, England, Bradstreet was a well-read scholar especially affected by the works of Du Bartas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne Bradstreet has received more than 908,295 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Anne Bradstreet is the 4,390th most popular writer (down from 4,374th in 2019), the 3,133rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,249th in 2019) and the 353rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 28

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  • 4.24

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anne Bradstreet ranks 4,390 out of 7,302. Before her are Camille Lemonnier, Karl Leberecht Immermann, Manuel Machado, Garlieb Merkel, Arthur Golden, and Raphael Holinshed. After her are Olivier de Serres, Robert Chambers, Franz von Schober, Mario Rigoni Stern, Roderich Menzel, and Charles Brockden Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, Anne Bradstreet ranks 24. Before her are John Albert Vasa, Frans Post, Thomas Fairfax, August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, and Pier Francesco Mola. After her are Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, and Richard Crashaw. Among people deceased in 1672, Anne Bradstreet ranks 20. Before her are Pierre Séguier, François de La Mothe Le Vayer, Marie of the Incarnation, Guy Patin, Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Georg Stiernhielm. After her are Pedro Calungsod, and Francis Willughby.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anne Bradstreet ranks 3,133 out of 8,785. Before her are Brian O'Nolan (1911), M. R. James (1862), Thomas Bewick (1753), Geoff Downes (1952), Johnny Herbert (1964), and Raphael Holinshed (1529). After her are Pete Ham (1947), Jamie Carragher (1978), Lady Arbella Stuart (1575), Robert Chambers (1802), Christopher Eccleston (1964), and Martin Birch (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Anne Bradstreet ranks 353. Before her are Winston Graham (1908), Andrew Marvell (1621), William Thoms (1803), Brian O'Nolan (1911), M. R. James (1862), and Raphael Holinshed (1529). After her are Robert Chambers (1802), Graham Swift (1949), Radclyffe Hall (1880), Philip Reeve (1966), Sophie Kinsella (1969), and Rosemary Sutcliff (1920).

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