WRITER

George Farquhar

1677 - 1707

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George Farquhar (1677 – 29 April 1707) was an Irish dramatist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Farquhar has received more than 152,194 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Farquhar is the 6,269th most popular writer (down from 5,727th in 2019), the 5,314th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,020th in 2019) and the 603rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sir Harry Wildair
1701
The recruiting officer
English drama, Librettos, Musicals
1706
The beaux stratagem
English drama, Accessible book, Restoration
1707
The inconstant
Accessible book
1727
The twin-rivals. A comedy
1703
The constant couple
1701

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Farquhar ranks 6,269 out of 7,302. Before her are Derek Taylor, Lauren Weisberger, Renata Viganò, Gita Mehta, Athol Fugard, and Ingvar Ambjørnsen. After her are Howard Jacobson, Mah Laqa Bai, Róža Domašcyna, Lloyd C. Douglas, Dorothy Wordsworth, and Tillie Olsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1677, George Farquhar ranks 16. Before her are Jan Santini Aichel, Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg, Antonio Maria Bononcini, and Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark.  Among people deceased in 1707, George Farquhar ranks 26. Before her are Julie d'Aubigny, Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg, Marie de Nemours, Muhammad Azam Shah, Dositheus II of Jerusalem, and Michiel de Swaen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Farquhar ranks 5,314 out of 8,785. Before her are Annie Haslam (1947), Barbara Shelley (1932), John Bercow (1963), Valerie Davies (1912), Lucy Morton (1898), and Ron Flockhart (1923). After her are Regé-Jean Page (1988), Howard Jacobson (1942), Isabel Jeans (1891), Victoria Tennant (1950), Julie Driscoll Tippetts (1947), and Jimmy McCulloch (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Farquhar ranks 603. Before her are Helen Bannerman (1862), Alfred Domett (1811), Thomas Heywood (1574), R. C. Sherriff (1896), Dorothy Richardson (1873), and Derek Taylor (1932). After her are Howard Jacobson (1942), Dorothy Wordsworth (1771), Caroline Norton (1808), Charlotte Smith (1749), Polly Samson (1962), and Naomi Mitchison (1897).

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