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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 101,971 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Home, Lord Kames is the 4,926th most popular writer, the 3,788th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 428th most popular British Writer.

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  • 45.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 4,926 out of 5,755. Before him are Pauline Kael, Eva Kotchever, Pentti Saarikoski, Conrad Aiken, Lev Kassil, and Daniel Quinn. After him are Kjell Westö, Steven Moffat, Jorge Icaza Coronel, George Holyoake, František Halas, and James C. Collins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1696, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 15. Before him are Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann Melchior Molter, Marco Foscarini, Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Francesca Cuzzoni, and Shah Jahan II. After him are Maurice Greene and James Oglethorpe. Among people deceased in 1782, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 35. Before him are José Cadalso, Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, Charles Lee, Martha Jefferson, and Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet. After him is Joseph Pickford.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 3,788 out of 7,765. Before him are Wallace Ford (1898), Jack Taylor (1930), Thomas Andrew Knight (1759), John Eliot (1604), Martin O'Neill (1952), and William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810). After him are Timothy West (1934), Steven Moffat (1961), Sadie Frost (1965), George Holyoake (1817), Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591), and Tom Hooper (1972).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Henry Home, Lord Kames ranks 428. Before him are Roger Hargreaves (1935), Kate Atkinson (1951), Michael Grant (1914), John Braine (1922), William Tenn (1920), and Edward Rutherfurd (1948). After him are Steven Moffat (1961), George Holyoake (1817), Clara Reeve (1729), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), Mark Haddon (1962), and Robert Herrick (1591).

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