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Anne Bradstreet

1612 - 1672

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Anne Bradstreet (née Dudley; March 8, 1612 – September 16, 1672) was 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 863,704 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Anne Bradstreet is the 4,387th most popular writer (down from 3,629th in 2019), the 3,257th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,676th in 2019) and the 373rd most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anne Bradstreet ranks 4,387 out of 5,755Before her are Diane di Prima, Theodore Roszak, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, Charlaine Harris, Amiri Baraka, and Wang Guowei. After her are Nuruddin Farah, Roberto Juarroz, Robertson Davies, Eduardo Pondal, Regīna Ezera, and Stanley G. Weinbaum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, Anne Bradstreet ranks 22Before her are Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, John Albert Vasa, Frans Post, August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, and Thomas Fairfax. After her are Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn and Richard Crashaw. Among people deceased in 1672, Anne Bradstreet ranks 20Before her are Pierre Séguier, François de La Mothe Le Vayer, Marie of the Incarnation, Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Georg Stiernhielm, and Guy Patin. After her are Francis Willughby and Pedro Calungsod.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anne Bradstreet ranks 3,257 out of 7,765Before her are Alison Moyet (1961), Peter Davison (1951), Ivor Novello (1893), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990), and Elton Dean (1945). After her are Mel B (1975), Kathy Burke (1964), Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), Paul Cook (1956), Gwen John (1876), and Anthony Joshua (1989).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Anne Bradstreet ranks 373Before her are Amelia Edwards (1831), Bob Shaw (1931), John Mawe (1764), Isaac Watts (1674), Walter Savage Landor (1775), and Edwin Atherstone (1788). After her are Jackie Collins (1937), Joan Aiken (1924), A. E. Housman (1859), Richard Hoggart (1918), Sax Rohmer (1883), and Christopher Priest (1943).