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Edward Young

1683 - 1765

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Edward Young (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 196,750 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Young is the 2,144th most popular writer (down from 1,825th in 2019), the 1,662nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,411th in 2019) and the 184th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edward Young ranks 2,144 out of 5,755. Before him are Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Aleksa Šantić, Suzanne Collins, Christina Rossetti, Eugène Marin Labiche, and Christopher Robin Milne. After him are Li He, Thomas Keneally, Bâkî, Saigyō, Albert Gleizes, and Chandrashekhara Kambara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1683, Edward Young ranks 15. Before him are John Theophilus Desaguliers, Christoph Graupner, Gottfried Silbermann, Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Johann David Heinichen, and Burkhard Christoph von Münnich. After him are Antoine Pesne, Giovanni Poleni, Lorenz Heister, Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Jonathan Wild. Among people deceased in 1765, Edward Young ranks 13. Before him are Giovanni Paolo Panini, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Charles-André van Loo, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, and Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Johann Melchior Molter, Mir Jafar, Johan Agrell, Carl Alexander Clerck, William Stukeley, and Prince Frederick of Great Britain.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Young ranks 1,662 out of 7,765. Before him are Eric Campbell (1880), Harriet Martineau (1802), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Wendy Hiller (1912), Christina Rossetti (1830), and Christopher Robin Milne (1920). After him are Mark of Cornwall (480), Elsa Lanchester (1902), James Bruce (1730), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Gytha of Wessex (1053), and Orlando Gibbons (1583).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edward Young ranks 184. Before him are David Lodge (1935), John Mandeville (1300), Vera Brittain (1893), Thomas Gray (1716), Christina Rossetti (1830), and Christopher Robin Milne (1920). After him are Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Irvine Welsh (1957), Matthew Arnold (1822), Kenneth Grahame (1859), Richard Aldington (1892), and Tobias Smollett (1721).

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