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Gerard Manley Hopkins

1844 - 1889

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Gerard Manley Hopkins (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame places him among leading English poets. His prosody – notably his concept of sprung rhythm – established him as an innovator, as did his praise of God through vivid use of imagery and nature. Only after his death did Robert Bridges publish a few of Hopkins's mature poems in anthologies, hoping to prepare for wider acceptance of his style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerard Manley Hopkins has received more than 1,190,998 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Gerard Manley Hopkins is the 4,252nd most popular writer (down from 3,858th in 2019), the 3,147th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,854th in 2019) and the 363rd most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gerard Manley Hopkins ranks 4,252 out of 5,755Before him are Clare Hollingworth, Leopold Andrian, Robert Kerr, Rod Serling, Mikhail Kheraskov, and Adolf Friedrich von Schack. After him are Igor Severyanin, Léon Damas, Mervyn Peake, Otar Chiladze, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, and John D. MacDonald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Gerard Manley Hopkins ranks 79Before him are Marie Spartali Stillman, William Wilson, Lewis Powell, Pyotr Tkachev, Dimitrios Rallis, and Verney Lovett Cameron. After him are Ahmet Mithat, Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Vladan Đorđević, Robert Themptander, Alexei Fedchenko, and Leonid Sobolev. Among people deceased in 1889, Gerard Manley Hopkins ranks 69Before him are Michele Amari, José Joaquín Pérez, Warren De la Rue, Juan Montalvo, Domingo Santa María, and Paul du Bois-Reymond. After him are Julia Gardiner Tyler, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, Ole Jacob Broch, Miles Joseph Berkeley, August Ahlqvist, and Lucy Webb Hayes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gerard Manley Hopkins ranks 3,147 out of 7,765Before him are Bonnie Wright (1991), Stephen Gardiner (1497), Clare Hollingworth (1911), Robert Kerr (1755), Everard Home (1756), and Mal Evans (1935). After him are Steve Marriott (1947), Don Revie (1927), Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724), Nik Kershaw (1958), William John Burchell (1781), and Henry Scott Tuke (1858).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Gerard Manley Hopkins ranks 363Before him are Norman Smith (1923), Mary Stewart (1916), Tanith Lee (1947), Christiane Amanpour (1958), Clare Hollingworth (1911), and Robert Kerr (1755). After him are Alan Bennett (1934), Thomas Middleton (1580), Stephen Baxter (1957), Amelia Edwards (1831), Bob Shaw (1931), and John Mawe (1764).