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John Dryden

1631 - 1700

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John Dryden (; 19 August [O.S. 9 August] 1631 – 12 May [O.S. 1 May] 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Dryden has received more than 1,876,585 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia. John Dryden is the 1,381st most popular writer (down from 1,125th in 2019), the 1,094th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 876th in 2019) and the 119th most popular British Writer.

John Dryden is most famous for being a poet, critic, and dramatist. He is also well known for his translation of Virgil's Aeneid.

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  • 1.9M

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  • 58.35

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  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Dryden ranks 1,381 out of 5,755. Before him are Salawat Yulayev, Kenji Miyazawa, Tomi Ungerer, Henry de Montherlant, Wilhelm Müller, and Thornton Wilder. After him are Eva Schloss, Don Juan Manuel, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Rafael Alberti, Ihara Saikaku, and Hartmann Schedel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1631, John Dryden ranks 5. Before him are Isaac Barrow, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, François Vatel, and Al-Rashid of Morocco. After him are Pierre Beauchamp, Selim I Giray, Abraham Brueghel, Anne Conway, Stanislaus Papczyński, and Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp. Among people deceased in 1700, John Dryden ranks 4. Before him are Charles II of Spain, Pope Innocent XII, and André Le Nôtre. After him are Do-Aklin, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, Rajaram I, Silvestro Valier, and Louis Jolliet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Dryden ranks 1,094 out of 7,765. Before him are W. T. Stead (1849), David Bradley (1942), Thomas Cole (1801), John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389), Isabella Bird (1831), and Matilda of Scotland (1080). After him are Henry (1100), Woodes Rogers (1679), Eunice Gayson (1928), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), and Samantha Fox (1966).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Dryden ranks 119. Before him are John Berger (1926), James Anderson (1680), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Winifred Wagner (1897), Samuel Butler (1612), and Neil Gaiman (1960). After him are Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Colin Dexter (1930), Matthew Lewis (1775), Robert Faurisson (1929), Robert Browning (1812), and Joseph Needham (1900).

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