1700 - 1748
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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Thomson has received more than 36,588 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James Thomson is the 4,772nd most popular writer (down from 4,683rd in 2019), the 3,626th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,714th in 2019) and the 413th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, James Thomson ranks 4,772 out of 5,755. Before him are Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Vladimir Makanin, Duncan Regehr, Granius Licinianus, Anton Buttigieg, and Gunnar Heiberg. After him are Leonti Mroveli, Alexander Odoevsky, Nigella Lawson, Steven Pressfield, Nicolaas Beets, and Hulda Garborg.
1743 - 1825
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 4,766
1937 - 2017
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 4,767
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 4,768
99 BC - 1 BC
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 4,769
1912 - 1983
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 4,770
1857 - 1929
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 4,771
1700 - 1748
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 4,772
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 4,773
1802 - 1839
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 4,774
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 4,775
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 4,776
1814 - 1903
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 4,777
1862 - 1934
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 4,778
Among people born in 1700, James Thomson ranks 33. Before him are Sabah I bin Jaber, Stanisław Konarski, Nathaniel Bliss, Picander, Khariton Laptev, and Abdul Aziz Hotak. After him is Anthony de la Roché. Among people deceased in 1748, James Thomson ranks 17. Before him are Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, William Kent, Aleksei Chirikov, Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, Isaac Watts, and Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him is William Adam.
1700 - 1776
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 27
1700 - 1773
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 28
1700 - 1764
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 29
1700 - 1764
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 30
1700 - 1763
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 31
1700 - 1717
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 32
1700 - 1748
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 33
1700 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 34
1674 - 1748
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 11
1685 - 1748
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 12
1703 - 1748
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 13
1677 - 1748
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 14
1674 - 1748
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 15
1694 - 1748
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 16
1700 - 1748
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 17
1689 - 1748
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 18
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Thomson ranks 3,626 out of 7,765. Before him are Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), John Gerard (1545), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743), Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812), Joe Cole (1981), and John O. Westwood (1805). After him are Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591), Nigella Lawson (1960), Bernard Sumner (1956), Douglas Hartree (1897), Malcolm Campbell (1885), and Francis Willughby (1635).
1757 - 1833
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 3,620
1545 - 1612
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 3,621
1743 - 1825
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 3,622
1812 - 1862
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 3,623
1981 - Present
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 3,624
1805 - 1893
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 3,625
1700 - 1748
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 3,626
1591 - 1646
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 3,627
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 3,628
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 3,629
1897 - 1958
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 3,630
1885 - 1948
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 3,631
1635 - 1672
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 3,632
Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Thomson ranks 413. Before him are Richard Pococke (1704), Jonathan Coe (1961), Hanif Kureishi (1954), John Gardner (1926), Fay Weldon (1931), and Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743). After him are Nigella Lawson (1960), Edward Carpenter (1844), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Charles Williams (1886), Henry Lincoln (1930), and George Crabbe (1754).
1704 - 1765
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 407
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 408
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 409
1926 - 2007
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 410
1931 - 2023
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 411
1743 - 1825
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 412
1700 - 1748
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 413
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 414
1844 - 1929
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 415
1805 - 1882
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 416
1886 - 1945
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 417
1930 - 2022
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 418
1754 - 1832
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 419