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John Michael Wright

1617 - 1694

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John Michael Wright (May 1617 – July 1694) was an English painter, mainly of portraits in the Baroque style. Born and raised in London, Wright trained in Edinburgh under the Scots painter George Jamesone, and sometimes described himself as Scottish in documents. He acquired a considerable reputation as an artist and scholar during a long sojourn in Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Michael Wright has received more than 154,266 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). John Michael Wright is the 1,537th most popular painter (down from 1,456th in 2019), the 2,909th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,080th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Painter.

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  • 50.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, John Michael Wright ranks 1,537 out of 2,023. Before him are Paulus Bor, Nicholas Hilliard, Jan Fabre, Romanino, Johan Zoffany, and Nadir Afonso. After him are Frans Pourbus the Elder, David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Zhou Fang, Graham Sutherland, and José Malhoa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1617, John Michael Wright ranks 13. Before him are Leopoldo de' Medici, Adil Giray, Emanuel de Witte, Elias Ashmole, Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, and Yun Hyu. After him are Ralph Cudworth, Roshanara Begum, and Richard Lovelace. Among people deceased in 1694, John Michael Wright ranks 17. Before him are Hishikawa Moronobu, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Vittoria della Rovere, Johann Michael Bach, Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, and Ismaël Bullialdus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Michael Wright ranks 2,909 out of 8,785. Before him are William Whiston (1667), Nat Lofthouse (1925), Steven Wilson (1967), David Murray (1909), Edith Hannam (1878), and Richard Addinsell (1904). After him are Mick Jackson (1943), Paul Simonon (1955), Fay Weldon (1931), Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868), John Pell (1611), and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, John Michael Wright ranks 57. Before him are Austin Osman Spare (1886), Thomas Girtin (1775), Effie Gray (1828), Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864), Henry Salt (1780), and Nicholas Hilliard (1547). After him are Graham Sutherland (1903), Mary Beale (1633), Richard Dadd (1817), Henry Raeburn (1756), Allan Ramsay (1713), and Thomas Moran (1837).

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