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Henry Bishop

1786 - 1855

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Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (18 November 1787 – 30 April 1856) was an English composer from the early Romantic era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Bishop has received more than 8,356 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Henry Bishop is the 1,128th most popular composer (down from 1,099th in 2019), the 3,376th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,261st in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Composer.

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  • 8.4k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Henry Bishop ranks 1,128 out of 1,451. Before him are Charles Avison, Morton Gould, Einar Englund, Michael Tippett, Roger Sessions, and Walter Braunfels. After him are Władysław Żeleński, Clint Mansell, Vagn Holmboe, Hans Huber, Armand Amar, and Stevan Hristić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Henry Bishop ranks 54. Before him are José María Vargas, Auguste de Montferrand, Louis Vicat, Moshoeshoe I, Pavel Schilling, and Rudolph Schadow. After him are Nathaniel Wallich, Louis McLane, Thomas Nuttall, William L. Marcy, José María Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno, and Walter Forward. Among people deceased in 1855, Henry Bishop ranks 40. Before him are Guglielmo Pepe, Sunthorn Phu, Henri Braconnot, Joseph Aspdin, Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, and Josef Munzinger. After him are Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Mihály Pollack, Fruto Chamorro, Timofey Granovsky, William John Swainson, and Wilhem de Haan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Bishop ranks 3,376 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Ackroyd (1949), Alexander McDonnell (1798), Robert W. Paul (1869), Gillian Rubinstein (1942), David Octavius Hill (1802), and Harold Spencer Jones (1890). After him are Freddie Bartholomew (1924), Patrick Malahide (1945), David Cox (1924), John Shakespeare (1530), Susan George (1950), and Edward Thomas (1878).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Henry Bishop ranks 49. Before him are Hubert Parry (1848), Patrick Doyle (1953), York Bowen (1884), William Lawes (1602), Charles Avison (1709), and Michael Tippett (1905). After him are Clint Mansell (1963), Thomas Morley (1557), Adolph Deutsch (1897), Cyril Scott (1879), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), and Craig Armstrong (1959).

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