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Colley Cibber

1671 - 1757

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Colley Cibber (6 November 1671 – 11 December 1757) was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. His colourful memoir An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (1740) describes his life in a personal, anecdotal and even rambling style. He wrote 25 plays for his own company at Drury Lane, half of which were adapted from various sources, which led Robert Lowe and Alexander Pope, among others, to criticise his "miserable mutilation" of "crucified Molière [and] hapless Shakespeare". He regarded himself as first and foremost an actor and had great popular success in comical fop parts, while as a tragic actor he was persistent but much ridiculed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Colley Cibber is the 6,488th most popular writer (up from 6,583rd in 2024), the 5,844th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,924th in 2019) and the 651st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Colley Cibber ranks 6,488 out of 7,302. Before him are Ted Tally, George MacDonald Fraser, Thomas Hughes, Janne Teller, Akif Pirinçci, and Damon Lindelof. After him are Louis de Bernières, Mark Akenside, Compton Mackenzie, George S. Kaufman, Michael Rosen, and Ti-Grace Atkinson.

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Among people born in 1671, Colley Cibber ranks 19. Before him are Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, Luigi Guido Grandi, Antoine Forqueray, Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, and Alivardi Khan.  Among people deceased in 1757, Colley Cibber ranks 25. Before him are Johann Samuel König, Vakhushti of Kartli, Daniel Gran, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, Bulleh Shah, and John Byng.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colley Cibber ranks 5,846 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Hughes (1822), Annie Haslam (1947), Noel Harrison (1934), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845), Martin Keown (1966), and Louis Partridge (2003). After him are Jackie Lewis (1936), Louis de Bernières (1954), Mark Akenside (1721), Dan McKenzie (1942), Gillian Sheen (1928), and Zoella (1990).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Colley Cibber ranks 651. Before him are Dan Abnett (1965), Brian Friel (1929), John Arden (1930), Thomas Hood (1799), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), and Thomas Hughes (1822). After him are Louis de Bernières (1954), Mark Akenside (1721), Compton Mackenzie (1883), Michael Rosen (1946), Saunders Lewis (1893), and Bernardine Evaristo (1959).

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