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John Clare

1793 - 1864

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John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and sorrows at its disruption. His work underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20th century; he is now often seen as a major 19th-century poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Clare has received more than 861,941 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John Clare is the 5,429th most popular writer (down from 5,177th in 2019), the 4,127th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,109th in 2019) and the 462nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

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  • 46.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poems
Accessible book, Country life, English Pastoral poetry
1901
The shepherd's calendar
Poetry, Country life, Rural conditions
1827
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
2003
The letters of John Clare
Correspondence, English Poets, Social life and customs
1951
The prose of John Clare
Country life, Literary collections, English Pastoral literature
1951
Selected poems and prose
Poetry, Country life, Rural conditions
1966

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Clare ranks 5,429 out of 7,302. Before him are Pentti Saarikoski, Alain Decaux, José Luandino Vieira, Erik Johan Stagnelius, Astrid Ivask, and Nikolai Aseev. After him are Amelia Opie, Bill O'Reilly, Madeline Miller, Dan Houser, Tomás António Gonzaga, and Isabel Briggs Myers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, John Clare ranks 49. Before him are Philip Barker-Webb, Felix de Muelenaere, Jan Frans Willems, Antoni Malczewski, Henry Charles Carey, and Erik Johan Stagnelius. After him are José Ignacio de Márquez, Robert Edmond Grant, Manuel Menéndez, Thomas Doughty, Eliphalet Remington, and Charles Lock Eastlake. Among people deceased in 1864, John Clare ranks 67. Before him are Roger B. Taney, Rudolf Wagner, Alexander Vostokov, José Justo Corro, Adelaide Anne Procter, and Jacques Jasmin. After him are William T. Anderson, Juris Alunāns, John Sedgwick, Leonidas Polk, Benjamin Silliman, and William Smith O'Brien.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Clare ranks 4,127 out of 8,785. Before him are Kenneth McAlpine (1920), Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761), Thomas Ravenscroft (1592), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), Danny Welbeck (1990), and Carol Thatcher (1953). After him are Clarence Kingsbury (1882), Dan Houser (1974), Richard Price (1723), Anne McLaren (1927), Daniel Oliver (1830), and Richard Hoggart (1918).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Clare ranks 462. Before him are Kim Newman (1959), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Olivia Manning (1908), and Mary Sidney (1561). After him are Dan Houser (1974), Richard Hoggart (1918), Kate Atkinson (1951), William Muir (1819), Roger Hargreaves (1935), and John Marston (1576).

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