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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 823,359 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). John Clare is the 5,196th most popular writer (down from 4,892nd in 2019), the 4,117th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,027th in 2019) and the 460th most popular British Writer.

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  • 820k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Clare ranks 5,196 out of 5,755. Before him are J. Michael Straczynski, Elizabeth Hawley, Sapardi Djoko Damono, Benny Andersen, Marie NDiaye, and Leyla Erbil. After him are Guy Gavriel Kay, Snorri Hjartarson, Marieluise Fleißer, Julia Navarro, Viivi Luik, and Robert Christgau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, John Clare ranks 48. Before him are Philip Barker-Webb, Felix de Muelenaere, Henry Charles Carey, Erik Johan Stagnelius, William Hopkins, and Jan Frans Willems. After him are Manuel Menéndez, Eliphalet Remington, Robert Edmond Grant, Thomas Doughty, Henry Schoolcraft, and John Slidell. Among people deceased in 1864, John Clare ranks 64. Before him are William T. Anderson, Alexander Vostokov, Roger B. Taney, Jacques Jasmin, José Justo Corro, and Juris Alunāns. After him are John Sedgwick, Adelaide Anne Procter, Leonidas Polk, William Smith O'Brien, and Henry Schoolcraft.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Clare ranks 4,117 out of 7,765. Before him are Amos Burn (1848), Sam Heughan (1980), Robert Wight (1796), Mark Owen (1972), Clive Dunn (1920), and Dave Edmunds (1944). After him are Robert Morris (1734), Andy White (1930), Robert Morison (1620), Osbert Salvin (1835), Ellen Wilkinson (1891), and Peter Giles (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Clare ranks 460. Before him are Izaak Walton (1593), Frederick Rolfe (1860), Bruno Heller (1960), Roger Ascham (1515), Gilbert Adair (1944), and Charles Allston Collins (1828). After him are Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Val McDermid (1955), William Michael Rossetti (1829), Daniel Tammet (1979), Joanne Harris (1964), and Antonia Fraser (1932).

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