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Henry Home, Lord Kames

1696 - 1782

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Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–27 December 1782) was a Scottish writer, philosopher and judge who played a major role in Scotland's Agricultural Revolution. A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, he was a founding member of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh and active in The Select Society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Home, Lord Kames has received more than 108,003 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Home, Lord Kames is the 5,361st most popular writer (down from 4,909th in 2019), the 4,067th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,780th in 2019) and the 452nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Elements of Criticism
Criticism, Literary style, Literary Style
1772
Elements of criticism
Aesthetics, Criticism, Early works to 1800
1762
The gentleman farmer
Agriculture, Early works to 1800
1776
Sketches of the history of man
Civilization, Ethnology, History
1774
Sketches of the History of Man
Civilization, history, Human beings
2007
Introduction to the art of thinking
Conduct of life, Early works to 1800, Fables
1761

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 5,361 out of 7,302. Before him are Lars Ahlin, Charles Montagu Doughty, Wacław Potocki, Mary Welsh Hemingway, Daniel Tammet, and Andrew Murray. After him are Robertson Davies, Marcus Furius Bibaculus, Majgull Axelsson, Leonard Howell, Paula Hawkins, and Angélica Gorodischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1696, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 17. Before him are Vakhushti of Kartli, Francesca Cuzzoni, Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Marco Foscarini, Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen, and Shah Jahan II. After him are Maurice Greene, and James Oglethorpe. Among people deceased in 1782, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 34. Before him are Elisabeth Christina von Linné, José Cadalso, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, Martha Jefferson, Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Charles Lee. After him are Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, and Joseph Pickford.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 4,067 out of 8,785. Before him are Sydney Parkinson (1745), George Back (1796), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), Grace Chisholm Young (1868), Martin O'Neill (1952), and Daniel Tammet (1979). After him are Alan A'Court (1934), John Goodall (1863), Andrew Wakefield (1957), Greg Wise (1966), Stafford Beer (1926), and Aneirin (525).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 452. Before him are Joanne Harris (1964), Sax Rohmer (1883), Charles Wilkins (1749), Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), and Daniel Tammet (1979). After him are Aneirin (525), Ali Smith (1962), Richard Llewellyn (1906), Kim Newman (1959), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), and Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868).

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