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John Addington Symonds

1840 - 1893

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John Addington Symonds Jr. (; 5 October 1840 – 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies of writers and artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Addington Symonds has received more than 243,403 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John Addington Symonds is the 6,153rd most popular writer, the 5,099th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 575th most popular British Writer.

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  • 240k

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  • 43.06

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  • 17

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  • 2.39

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  • 3.21

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Notable Works

Wine, women and song
English poetry, Goliards, Medieval and modern Latin poetry
183 p. ; 23 cm
1884
Renaissance in Italy
History, Renaissance
1875
Shakspere's predecessors in the English drama
English drama, History and criticism
1884
The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
Biography, Artists, Michelangelo buonarroti, 1475-1564
1892
Renaissance in Italy
Italian Art
1877
Renaissance in Italy
Catholic Church, Church and state, Church history
1875

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Addington Symonds ranks 6,153 out of 7,302. Before him are J. G. Farrell, Pia Tafdrup, Patrick Grainville, Mieko Kawakami, Walker Percy, and Maja Bošković-Stulli. After him are Jaime Bayly, E. W. Hornung, Daniel Kehlmann, Ernest Lehman, Irena Krzywicka, and Jerry Pournelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, John Addington Symonds ranks 95. Before him are Jakub Arbes, American Horse, Richard Knill Freeman, Sophia Jex-Blake, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, and Isabella Stewart Gardner. After him is John Stainer. Among people deceased in 1893, John Addington Symonds ranks 84. Before him are Benjamin Butler, Ion Emanuel Florescu, Edmund Kirby Smith, Hamilton Fish, John Rae, and Richard Spruce. After him are William Fox, Fanny Kemble, John Ballance, Francis Parkman, and Benjamin Jowett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Addington Symonds ranks 5,099 out of 8,785. Before him are J. G. Farrell (1935), Archie Panjabi (1972), Louise Lombard (1970), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Herbert Roper Barrett (1873), and Rebecca Solomon (1832). After him are Sam Heughan (1980), Rod Temperton (1949), Sophie Thompson (1962), Peter Wright (1970), Heather Mills (1968), and Charles Sheffield (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Addington Symonds ranks 575. Before him are Darren Shan (1972), Dannie Abse (1923), Ann Cleeves (1954), Reginald Hill (1936), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), and J. G. Farrell (1935). After him are E. W. Hornung (1866), Joyce Cary (1888), Philip Massinger (1583), Paul Scott (1920), Michael Drayton (1563), and Beryl Bainbridge (1932).

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