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Horace Walpole

1717 - 1797

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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (; 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whig politician. He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, southwest London, reviving the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors. His literary reputation rests on the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto (1764), and his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horace Walpole has received more than 1,130,988 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Horace Walpole is the 5,915th most popular politician (down from 5,412th in 2019), the 1,251st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,197th in 2019) and the 209th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Horace Walpole ranks 5,915 out of 15,577. Before him are Ammi-Ditana, Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, Dong Xian, Eulji Mundeok, Praskovia Saltykova, and Charaton. After him are Noboru Takeshita, Ben Carson, Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, Leo V, King of Armenia, Ingenuus, and Ramiro III of León.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1717, Horace Walpole ranks 11. Before him are Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Johann Stamitz, Peter III of Portugal, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Marie Anne de Mailly, and Louis François, Prince of Conti. After him are Ebrahim Afshar, David Garrick, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Molla Panah Vagif, and Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst. Among people deceased in 1797, Horace Walpole ranks 14. Before him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Vilna Gaon, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Lazare Hoche, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony. After him are Olaudah Equiano, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Molla Panah Vagif, Pasquale Anfossi, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and Princess Joséphine of Lorraine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Horace Walpole ranks 1,251 out of 7,765. Before him are Scott Adkins (1976), Leonard Woolley (1880), Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), Matthew Festing (1949), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), and Jethro Tull (1674). After him are John Entwistle (1944), Gary Lineker (1960), David Thewlis (1963), Keith O'Brien (1938), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), and Mick Taylor (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Horace Walpole ranks 209. Before him are Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Domnall mac Ailpín (812), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), and Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721). After him are John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), and Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373).

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