WRITER

George Peele

1556 - 1596

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George Peele (baptised 25 July 1556– death date uncertain) was an English translator, poet, and dramatist, who is most noted for his supposed, but not universally accepted, collaboration with William Shakespeare on the play Titus Andronicus. Many anonymous Elizabethan plays have been attributed to him, but his reputation rests mainly on Edward I, The Old Wives' Tale, The Battle of Alcazar, The Arraignment of Paris, and David and Bethsabe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Peele has received more than 259,678 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Peele is the 6,394th most popular writer (down from 5,820th in 2019), the 5,572nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,179th in 2019) and the 636th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

King Edward the First
Drama, English Historical drama, History
1593
The old wives tale, 1595
1908
The battle of Alcazar, 1597 [i.e. 1594]
1907
The Battle of Alcazar, 1597 [i.E. 1594]
2018
The works of George Peele
1829
The old wives tale
Sisters, Fiction, Women
1909

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Peele ranks 6,394 out of 7,302. Before him are Raif Badawi, Alfred Austin, Sonja Åkesson, Oles Buzina, Marit Paulsen, and Anne-Marie Garat. After him are Barry Unsworth, Mary Berry, Joe Paterno, Asma Barlas, Michelle Paver, and Leslie Feinberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1556, George Peele ranks 17. Before him are Paul Bril, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Philipp Nicolai, and Isaac Oliver.  Among people deceased in 1596, George Peele ranks 11. Before him are Blaise de Vigenère, George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Pellegrino Tibaldi, Hamnet Shakespeare, Giaches de Wert, and Pierre Pithou.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Peele ranks 5,572 out of 8,785. Before him are William Allen (1532), Ron Springett (1935), Michael Park (1966), Alex Miller (1949), Annie Speirs (1889), and Marian McPartland (1918). After him are John Glascock (1951), Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873), Barry Unsworth (1930), Peter Noone (1947), Mary Berry (1935), and Passenger (1984).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Peele ranks 636. Before him are Michael Rosen (1946), Henry Green (1905), Christopher Fry (1907), Thomas Lodge (1558), H. R. F. Keating (1926), and Alfred Austin (1835). After him are Barry Unsworth (1930), Mary Berry (1935), Thomas Percy (1729), Frances Wright (1795), Thomas Hood (1799), and Anna Löwenstein (1951).

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