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John Evelyn

1620 - 1706

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John Evelyn (31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best known as a diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society. John Evelyn's diary, or memoir, spanned the period of his adult life from 1640, when he was a student, to 1706, the year he died. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Evelyn has received more than 438,517 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Evelyn is the 3,418th most popular writer (down from 3,076th in 2019), the 2,451st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,293rd in 2019) and the 282nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 440k

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  • 58.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Evelyn ranks 3,418 out of 7,302. Before him are David Eddings, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, J. B. Priestley, Kafū Nagai, Joyce Meyer, and John Osborne. After him are Corrie ten Boom, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Giovanni della Casa, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Juana de Ibarbourou, and Sophie von La Roche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, John Evelyn ranks 21. Before him are Isabella Leonarda, Masaniello, Abraham van Beijeren, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Marguerite Bourgeoys, and William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker. After him are Matthew Hopkins, and Robert Morison. Among people deceased in 1706, John Evelyn ranks 13. Before him are Andreas Werckmeister, Rahman Baba, Georg Joseph Kamel, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Ferdinand de Marsin, and Godfried Schalcken. After him are Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Tylman van Gameren, and Jeanne Dumée.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Evelyn ranks 2,451 out of 8,785. Before him are Sidney Smith (1764), Grace Elliott (1754), J. B. Priestley (1894), Ray Clemence (1948), Auguste Couder (1789), and John Osborne (1929). After him are Richard Robarts (1944), Egon Pearson (1895), Midge Ure (1953), Ernest Marsden (1889), Kiki Dee (1947), and John Callen (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Evelyn ranks 282. Before him are William Hope Hodgson (1877), Charles Lamb (1775), John Henry Mackay (1864), Grace Elliott (1754), J. B. Priestley (1894), and John Osborne (1929). After him are Robert Kerr (1755), David C. H. Austin (1926), Andrew Lang (1844), William Cowper (1731), Henri Alleg (1921), and Edwin Arnold (1832).

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