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John Ford

1586 - 1639

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John Ford (1586 – c. 1639) was an English playwright and poet of the Jacobean and Caroline eras born in Ilsington in Devon, England. His plays deal mainly with the conflict between passion and conscience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ford has received more than 4,419,357 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Ford is the 2,893rd most popular writer (down from 2,819th in 2019), the 2,179th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,133rd in 2019) and the 246th most popular British Writer.

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  • 4.4M

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  • 51.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Ford ranks 2,893 out of 5,755. Before him are August Šenoa, Cornelius Ryan, Saken Seifullin, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Paula von Preradović, and Pierre Gringore. After him are José Donoso, Marcellus of Ancyra, Hồ Xuân Hương, Abbās al-Aqqād, Jens Baggesen, and Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1586, John Ford ranks 11. Before him are Johann Schein, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Théophraste Renaudot, Jan Wildens, and Pau Claris i Casademunt. After him are Niccolò Zucchi, Leo Allatius, Alessandro Grandi, Juan Gómez de Mora, Luke Foxe, and Georg Calixtus. Among people deceased in 1639, John Ford ranks 11. Before him are Roelant Savery, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Martin Opitz, Stefano Landi, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, and Augusta of Denmark. After him are Johannes Meursius and Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Ford ranks 2,179 out of 7,765. Before him are Reginald Doherty (1872), William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), Joseph Larmor (1857), Norman McLaren (1914), Lewis Gilbert (1920), and Edward Cave (1691). After him are Nassau William Senior (1790), Ian Khama (1953), Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), Toby Jones (1966), Robert Morley (1908), and Edward Daniel Clarke (1769).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Ford ranks 246. Before him are Ouida (1839), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Edwin Arnold (1832), Ephraim Chambers (1680), Thomas Kyd (1558), and Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915). After him are Robert Harris (1957), Peter James (1948), Richard Baxter (1615), Marjorie Boulton (1924), Peter Mayle (1939), and George Herbert (1593).

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