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George Herbert

1593 - 1633

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George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609. He went there with the intention of becoming a priest, but he became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Herbert has received more than 974,653 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). George Herbert is the 2,936th most popular writer (down from 2,489th in 2019), the 2,207th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,893rd in 2019) and the 252nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 970k

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  • 51.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Herbert ranks 2,936 out of 5,755. Before him are Mahmoud Shabestari, Bernard Werber, Géza Gárdonyi, Marija Jurić Zagorka, Philostratus of Lemnos, and Miodrag Bulatović. After him are J. B. Priestley, Henri Meilhac, Bat Ye'or, Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Richard Curtis, and Antonio Beccadelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, George Herbert ranks 12. Before him are Matthäus Merian, George I Rákóczi, Nicolaes Tulp, Balthasar van der Ast, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, and Anthony van Diemen. After him are William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Jean de Brébeuf, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, and Izaak Walton. Among people deceased in 1633, George Herbert ranks 11. Before him are Scipione Borghese, Xu Guangqi, Pieter Lastman, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Lew Sapieha, and Archduchess Margaret of Austria. After him are Juan Pablo Bonet, John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Étienne Brûlé, George Abbot, and William Ames.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Herbert ranks 2,207 out of 7,765. Before him are Peter Mayle (1939), Roy Salvadori (1922), Damian Lewis (1971), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), David Trimble (1944), and George Bentham (1800). After him are J. B. Priestley (1894), John William Draper (1811), Peter Hammill (1948), Sidney Smith (1764), William Bayliss (1860), and John Owen (1616).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Herbert ranks 252. Before him are John Ford (1586), Robert Harris (1957), Peter James (1948), Richard Baxter (1615), Marjorie Boulton (1924), and Peter Mayle (1939). After him are J. B. Priestley (1894), William Robertson Smith (1846), Michael Bond (1926), Caroline Graham (1931), John Brunner (1934), and Charles Lamb (1775).

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