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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 1,048,315 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). George Herbert is the 2,811th most popular writer (up from 2,925th in 2019), the 2,089th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,201st in 2019) and the 232nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Herbert ranks 2,811 out of 7,302. Before him are Moderata Fonte, Apostolo Zeno, Marija Jurić Zagorka, Louis of Granada, Unica Zürn, and Gunnar Staalesen. After him are Branko Radičević, Luis Cernuda, Theodore Balsamon, Abraham Sutzkever, John Webster, and Aleksandër Stavre Drenova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, George Herbert ranks 12. Before him are Nicolaes Tulp, George I Rákóczi, Matthäus Merian, Balthasar van der Ast, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, and Anthony van Diemen. After him are William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Sultan Agung of Mataram, Jean de Brébeuf, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg, and Izaak Walton. Among people deceased in 1633, George Herbert ranks 12. Before him are Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Xu Guangqi, Catherine of Cleves, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Lew Sapieha, and Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Sigrid of Sweden, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, Juan Pablo Bonet, John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and Francis Godwin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Herbert ranks 2,089 out of 8,785. Before him are Joan of the Tower (1321), Chris Menges (1940), Thomas Andrews (1813), Robert Fortune (1812), Anthony Dawson (1916), and Alan Lancaster (1949). After him are John Webster (1578), James Fox (1939), John Foxe (1516), Andrew Ridgeley (1963), Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499), and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Herbert ranks 232. Before him are Thomas Kyd (1558), Samuel Smiles (1812), Robert Holdstock (1948), Josephine Tey (1896), Marion Chesney (1936), and James Herriot (1916). After him are John Webster (1578), Joseph Delaney (1945), Irvine Welsh (1957), Anthony Horowitz (1955), Michael Bond (1926), and John Fletcher (1579).

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