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John Suckling

1609 - 1641

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Sir John Suckling (10 February 1609 – after May 1641) was an English poet, prominent among those renowned for careless gaiety and wit – the accomplishments of a cavalier poet. He also invented the card game cribbage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Suckling has received more than 5,816 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Suckling is the 6,470th most popular writer, the 5,706th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 651st most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Suckling ranks 6,470 out of 7,302Before him are Alberto Angela, Hanan al-Shaykh, David Seidler, Carmen Posadas, Ellen Glasgow, and Peter Pišťanek. After him are Lionel Shriver, Peter Stamm, Stephen Chbosky, Forrest J Ackerman, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Beverly Cleary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, John Suckling ranks 22Before him are Pierre-Paul Riquet, Paul Fleming, Jean Rotrou, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Gerrard Winstanley, and Robert Moray.  Among people deceased in 1641, John Suckling ranks 20Before him are Pau Claris i Casademunt, Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Adam van Noort, Pedro Teixeira, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, and Thomas Heywood.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Suckling ranks 5,706 out of 8,785Before him are David Seidler (1937), William Lashly (1867), Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (1997), Suella Braverman (1980), John Waite (1952), and Thomas Hill (1829). After him are Harry Hay (1912), Tom Whittaker (1898), Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet (1803), Chris Larkin (1967), George Formby (1904), and Serena Scott Thomas (1961).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Suckling ranks 651Before him are James Bowen (1979), Ann Oakley (1944), Susan Bassnett (1945), Conn Iggulden (1971), Saunders Lewis (1893), and David Seidler (1937). After him are Mark Akenside (1721), Sabine Baring-Gould (1834), Walter Besant (1836), Angus Wilson (1913), Felicia Hemans (1793), and John Arden (1930).