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Hugh Blair

1718 - 1800

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Hugh Blair FRSE (7 April 1718 – 27 December 1800) was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, and occupant of the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh, Blair's teachings had a great impact in both the spiritual and the secular realms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Blair has received more than 107,590 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Blair is the 5,860th most popular writer, the 5,231st most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 594th most popular British Writer.

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  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hugh Blair ranks 5,860 out of 5,755. Before him are John Gribbin, Jill Abramson, E. Pauline Johnson, Hanya Yanagihara, Katie Couric, and Bernardine Evaristo. After him are Humphrey Carpenter, Norman Podhoretz, Zakhar Prilepin, Michal Šanda, Caryl Churchill, and Alexei Panshin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Hugh Blair ranks 21. Before him are Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, and George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.  Among people deceased in 1800, Hugh Blair ranks 32. Before him are Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Michael Denis, Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, Jesse Ramsden, John Rutledge, and Thomas Mifflin. After him are Edward Rutledge, William Blount, and John Blair Jr..

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Blair ranks 5,231 out of 7,765. Before him are Craig David (1981), Kenneth Clarke (1940), David Jack (1898), Jimmy Dickinson (1925), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), and Ron Springett (1935). After him are Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Camilla Luddington (1983), Viv Anderson (1956), Thomas Sopwith (1888), Tom Heaton (1986), and Caryl Churchill (1938).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Hugh Blair ranks 594. Before him are George Peele (1556), Saunders Lewis (1893), Dannie Abse (1923), R. S. Thomas (1913), John Gribbin (1946), and Bernardine Evaristo (1959). After him are Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Caryl Churchill (1938), Catherine Cookson (1906), Rose Tremain (1943), Richard Lovelace (1617), and Charlotte Smith (1749).

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