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Henry Fielding

1707 - 1754

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Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English writer and magistrate known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His 1749 comic novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling was a seminal work in the genre. Along with Samuel Richardson, Fielding is seen as the founder of the traditional English novel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Fielding has received more than 1,369,582 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Fielding is the 998th most popular writer (down from 970th in 2019), the 764th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 775th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular British Writer.

Henry Fielding is most famous for his novel Tom Jones, which follows the adventures of an orphan boy.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henry Fielding ranks 998 out of 7,302. Before him are Waris Dirie, Corinna, John Fowles, Samuel Richardson, William Styron, and Mimnermus. After him are Jean Webster, Nicolas Chamfort, Edith Wharton, Bertran de Born, Mori Ōgai, and Joseph Murphy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1707, Henry Fielding ranks 7. Before him are Carl Linnaeus, Leonhard Euler, Carlo Goldoni, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Louis I of Spain, and Frederick, Prince of Wales. After him are Louis-Michel van Loo, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Michel Corrette, Charles Wesley, and Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Among people deceased in 1754, Henry Fielding ranks 6. Before him are Mahmud I, Christian Wolff, Abraham de Moivre, Ludvig Holberg, and Maria Anna of Austria. After him are Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Jacopo Riccati, Henry Pelham, Edward Cave, Nicolai Eigtved, and Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Fielding ranks 764 out of 8,785. Before him are James Lovelock (1919), Amy Winehouse (1983), Bernard Hill (1944), Margaret of York (1446), John Fowles (1926), and Samuel Richardson (1689). After him are William Adelin (1103), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), John E. Walker (1941), Judith of Flanders (844), Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), and Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Henry Fielding ranks 92. Before him are Patrick White (1912), Percy Fawcett (1867), H. Rider Haggard (1856), James Hadley Chase (1906), John Fowles (1926), and Samuel Richardson (1689). After him are Thomas De Quincey (1785), P. D. James (1920), Thomas Malory (1405), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), and Robert Graves (1895).

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