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Coventry Patmore

1823 - 1896

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Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (23 July 1823 – 26 November 1896) was an English poet and literary critic. He is best known for his book of poetry The Angel in the House, a narrative poem about the Victorian ideal of a happy marriage. As a young man, Patmore worked for the British Museum in London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Coventry Patmore has received more than 135,693 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Coventry Patmore is the 5,936th most popular writer (down from 5,182nd in 2019), the 5,389th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,608th in 2019) and the 607th most popular British Writer.

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  • 140k

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  • 38.54

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Coventry Patmore ranks 5,936 out of 5,755Before him are William Empson, Emma Willard, Russell Simmons, Ramon Solsona i Sancho, R. D. Blackmore, and Wladimir Kaminer. After him are Andrew Kevin Walker, Sarah Josepha Hale, Wayne C. Booth, Nadav Lapid, Naomi Mitchison, and Jáchym Topol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Coventry Patmore ranks 71Before him are Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Charlotte Mary Yonge, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Mackenzie Bowell, and Francis Parkman. After him is George Henry Williams. Among people deceased in 1896, Coventry Patmore ranks 77Before him are George du Maurier, Élie-Abel Carrière, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Thomas Hughes, Paul Arène, and Francis James Child.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Coventry Patmore ranks 5,389 out of 7,765Before him are Arthur Lowe (1915), R. D. Blackmore (1825), Ken Bates (1931), Andy Powell (1950), James Callis (1971), and Karl Shuker (1959). After him are Willie Applegarth (1890), Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772), Ronnie Allen (1929), Henry Watson Fowler (1858), Tony Pulis (1958), and Naomi Mitchison (1897).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Coventry Patmore ranks 607Before him are Henry Green (1905), Jasper Fforde (1961), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Walter Besant (1836), William Empson (1906), and R. D. Blackmore (1825). After him are Naomi Mitchison (1897), Sophie Hannah (1971), Samuel Daniel (1562), Barry Unsworth (1930), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), and Pippa Middleton (1983).