WRITER

Edmund Spenser

1552 - 1599

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Edmund Spenser (; born 1552 or 1553; died 13 January O.S. 1599) was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Spenser has received more than 1,860,682 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Edmund Spenser is the 1,126th most popular writer (down from 1,047th in 2019), the 851st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 829th in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Writer.

Edmund Spenser is most famous for his epic poem The Faerie Queene.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edmund Spenser ranks 1,126 out of 7,302Before him are Alain-Fournier, Norman Mailer, Antarah ibn Shaddad, Agathon, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, and Lü Dongbin. After him are John Grisham, August von Kotzebue, Lycophron, Clément Marot, Sami Frashëri, and John Updike.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1552, Edmund Spenser ranks 10Before him are Matteo Ricci, Vasili IV of Russia, Hans von Aachen, Lavinia Fontana, Seonjo of Joseon, and Jost Bürgi. After him are Dom Justo Takayama, Petrus Plancius, Henri, Prince of Condé, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Pietro Cataldi, and Anna of Cleves. Among people deceased in 1599, Edmund Spenser ranks 3Before him are Beatrice Cenci, and Gabrielle d'Estrées. After him are Maeda Toshiie, Luca Marenzio, Andrew Báthory, Cornelis de Houtman, Chōsokabe Motochika, Eknath, Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, Francisco Guerrero, and Simone Peterzano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Spenser ranks 851 out of 8,785Before him are Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905), Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), Charles George Gordon (1833), Rex Harrison (1908), and William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520). After him are Edward B. Titchener (1867), Ian Stewart (1938), Michael York (1942), Ray Milland (1907), Stephen Frears (1941), and Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edmund Spenser ranks 104Before him are Robert Graves (1895), John Berger (1926), Dylan Thomas (1914), E. M. Forster (1879), John William Polidori (1795), and Bernard Cornwell (1944). After him are Samuel Butler (1612), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), James Anderson (1680), David Irving (1938), and John Dryden (1631).