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Edward Young

1683 - 1765

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Edward Young (c. 3 July 1683 – 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts, a series of philosophical writings in blank verse, reflecting his state of mind following several bereavements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Young has received more than 208,433 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Edward Young is the 1,922nd most popular writer (up from 2,137th in 2019), the 1,469th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,657th in 2019) and the 160th most popular British Writer.

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  • 56.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edward Young ranks 1,922 out of 7,302. Before him are Juhani Aho, Nicanor Parra, Miklós Nyiszli, Thomas Wyatt, Michel de Ghelderode, and Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani. After him are Josef Lada, Isaac Alfasi, Philippe Quinault, Wolfgang Borchert, Tawfiq al-Hakim, and Al-Busiri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1683, Edward Young ranks 12. Before him are 6th Dalai Lama, Maria Anna of Austria, John Theophilus Desaguliers, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Gottfried Silbermann, and Christoph Graupner. After him are Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Johann David Heinichen, Antoine Pesne, Lorenz Heister, and Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Among people deceased in 1765, Edward Young ranks 14. Before him are Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Charles-André van Loo, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, and Mir Jafar. After him are Johan Agrell, Johann Melchior Molter, Carl Alexander Clerck, Prokop Diviš, Richard Pococke, and William Stukeley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Young ranks 1,469 out of 8,785. Before him are Sean Harris (1966), Elihu Thomson (1853), Robert Stephenson (1803), Thomas Wyatt (1503), J. Lee Thompson (1914), and David Garrick (1717). After him are John Graunt (1620), Roland Joffé (1945), Janick Gers (1957), Ealhswith (852), Emilia Clarke (1986), and Howard Staunton (1810).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edward Young ranks 160. Before him are Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Brian Aldiss (1925), Colin Wilson (1931), Joseph Addison (1672), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), and Thomas Wyatt (1503). After him are Anthony Trollope (1815), Robert Southey (1774), Christopher Isherwood (1904), Karen Armstrong (1944), Philip Kerr (1956), and Clive Barker (1952).

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