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John Donne

1572 - 1631

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John Donne ( DUN; 1571 or 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Under Royal Patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London (1621–1631). He is considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Donne has received more than 3,950,510 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). John Donne is the 596th most popular writer (up from 601st in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 473rd in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Writer.

John Donne is most famous for his metaphysical poetry.

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Among writers, John Donne ranks 596 out of 7,302. Before him are D. H. Lawrence, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Ellen G. White, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Ismail Gaspirali, and Theodore Dreiser. After him are Madame de La Fayette, Hermann Broch, Napoleon Hill, Lion Feuchtwanger, Karl Kraus, and Judah Halevi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1572, John Donne ranks 2. Before him is John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg. After him are Cornelis Drebbel, Johann Bayer, Ben Jonson, Sigismund Báthory, Jane Frances de Chantal, Cyril Lucaris, Izumo no Okuni, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, and Fakhr al-Din II. Among people deceased in 1631, John Donne ranks 2. Before him is Mumtaz Mahal. After him are John Smith, Constance of Austria, Willem Janszoon, Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Michael Maestlin, Federico Borromeo, Francesco Maria II della Rovere, and Katō Yoshiaki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Donne ranks 432 out of 8,785. Before him are Bartholomew Roberts (1682), D. H. Lawrence (1885), Gertrude Bell (1868), John Buchan (1875), Sam Neill (1947), and John Bowlby (1907). After him are Ralph Fiennes (1962), Isaac Barrow (1631), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Richard Attenborough (1923), and Ronald Coase (1910).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Donne ranks 50. Before him are Robert Burns (1759), George Eliot (1819), A. A. Milne (1882), Enid Blyton (1897), Samuel Butler (1835), and D. H. Lawrence (1885). After him are J. M. Barrie (1860), Samuel Johnson (1709), Daphne du Maurier (1907), Alexander Pope (1688), Muriel Spark (1918), and Martin Amis (1949).

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