1552 - 1599
Edmund Spenser (; 1552/1553 – 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 1,714,108 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Edmund Spenser is the 1,049th most popular writer (down from 701st in 2019), the 829th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 554th in 2019) and the 101st most popular British Writer.
Edmund Spenser is most famous for his epic poem The Faerie Queene.
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Among writers, Edmund Spenser ranks 1,049 out of 5,755. Before him are Natalie Clifford Barney, D. T. Suzuki, Meša Selimović, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Ernst Barlach, and Fredric Brown. After him are Mori Ōgai, Kobayashi Issa, Emil Ludwig, Alfred Brehm, Adalbert Stifter, and Velimir Khlebnikov.
1876 - 1972
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 1,043
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 1,044
1910 - 1982
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 1,045
1783 - 1872
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 1,046
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,047
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,048
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 1,049
1862 - 1922
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1,050
1763 - 1828
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1,051
1881 - 1948
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 1,052
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,053
1805 - 1868
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,054
1885 - 1922
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,055
Among people born in 1552, Edmund Spenser ranks 11. Before him are Matteo Ricci, Seonjo of Joseon, Lavinia Fontana, Hans von Aachen, Henri, Prince of Condé, and Jost Bürgi. After him are Petrus Plancius, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Dom Justo Takayama, Marfa Sobakina, Anna of Cleves, and Pietro Cataldi. Among people deceased in 1599, Edmund Spenser ranks 3. Before him are Beatrice Cenci and Gabrielle d'Estrées. After him are Luca Marenzio, Maeda Toshiie, Andrew Báthory, Eknath, Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, Chōsokabe Motochika, Cornelis de Houtman, Simone Peterzano, and Francisco Guerrero.
1552 - 1610
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 5
1552 - 1608
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 6
1552 - 1614
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 7
1552 - 1615
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 8
1552 - 1588
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 9
1552 - 1632
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 10
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 11
1552 - 1622
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 12
1552 - 1630
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 13
1552 - 1615
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 14
1552 - 1571
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 15
1552 - 1632
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 16
1552 - 1626
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 17
1577 - 1599
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 1
1573 - 1599
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 2
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 3
1553 - 1599
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 4
1538 - 1599
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 5
1563 - 1599
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 6
1533 - 1599
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 7
1576 - 1599
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 8
1539 - 1599
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 9
1565 - 1599
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 10
1540 - 1599
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 11
1528 - 1599
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Spenser ranks 829 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (1508), Charlotte Cooper (1870), Malcolm III of Scotland (1031), Mary Mallon (1869), W. O. Bentley (1888), and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982). After him are Charles Vane (1680), Daniel Rutherford (1749), Pete Townshend (1945), Petula Clark (1932), Osborne Reynolds (1842), and Joseph Chamberlain (1836).
1508 - 1549
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 823
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 824
1031 - 1093
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 825
1869 - 1938
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 826
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 827
1982 - Present
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 828
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 829
1680 - 1721
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 830
1749 - 1819
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 831
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 832
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 833
1842 - 1912
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 834
1836 - 1914
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 835
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edmund Spenser ranks 101. Before him are Henry Fielding (1707), John William Polidori (1795), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), James Hadley Chase (1906), and Jerome K. Jerome (1859). After him are Robert Graves (1895), W. H. Auden (1907), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Patrick White (1912), Allan Pinkerton (1819), and Thomas Chatterton (1752).
1707 - 1754
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 95
1795 - 1821
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 96
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 97
1689 - 1762
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 98
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 99
1859 - 1927
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 100
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 101
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 102
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 103
1924 - 2019
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 104
1912 - 1990
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 105
1819 - 1884
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 106
1752 - 1770
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 107