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Arthur Young

1741 - 1820

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Arthur Young FRS (11 September 1741 – 12 April 1820) was an English agriculturist. Not himself successful as a farmer, he built on connections and activities as a publicist a substantial reputation as an expert on agricultural improvement. After the French Revolution of 1789, his views on its politics carried weight as an informed observer, and he became an important opponent of British reformers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Young has received more than 39,626 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Arthur Young is the 2,520th most popular writer (up from 3,043rd in 2019), the 1,924th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,261st in 2019) and the 221st most popular British Writer.

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  • 21

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  • 5.07

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  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arthur Young ranks 2,520 out of 5,755Before him are Edith Pargeter, Stephenie Meyer, Gitta Sereny, Begum Rokeya, William Congreve, and Yury Yakovlev. After him are Commodian, Johannes Mario Simmel, Ilse Aichinger, Ram Prasad Bismil, Isak Samokovlija, and Eric Roth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Arthur Young ranks 18Before him are André Grétry, Andrea Luchesi, Benedict Arnold, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, and Augustin Barruel. After him are Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Ivan Gudovich, José Cadalso, William Withering, and Franciszek Karpiński. Among people deceased in 1820, Arthur Young ranks 24Before him are Clement Mary Hofbauer, Augustin Barruel, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Nguyễn Du, Daniel Boone, and Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney. After him are Anders Sparrman, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Benjamin West, Antonín Vranický, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and Gerhard von Kügelgen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Young ranks 1,924 out of 7,765Before him are Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Willibald (700), Alfred Fowler (1868), Damon Albarn (1968), William Congreve (1670), and Cuthbert (635). After him are Eglantyne Jebb (1876), Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), Douglas Mawson (1882), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Josephine Butler (1828), and Peter Yates (1929).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Arthur Young ranks 221Before him are Renée Vivien (1877), Edward FitzGerald (1809), Philip Kerr (1956), E. Nesbit (1858), Edith Pargeter (1913), and William Congreve (1670). After him are Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Mary Astell (1666), John Christopher (1922), William Ernest Henley (1849), Leonard Woolf (1880), and Herbert Read (1893).