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John Webster

1578 - 1634

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John Webster (c. 1578 – c. 1632) was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often seen as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Webster has received more than 788,841 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Webster is the 2,401st most popular writer (down from 1,502nd in 2019), the 1,842nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,171st in 2019) and the 205th most popular British Writer.

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  • 790k

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  • 53.69

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Webster ranks 2,401 out of 5,755Before him are Keigo Higashino, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Mihail Sadoveanu, Menasseh Ben Israel, T. H. White, and Alfonso Sastre. After him are Aleksander Chodźko, Rosario Castellanos, William L. Shirer, Winston Groom, Nennius, and Charles Berlitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1578, John Webster ranks 11Before him are Francesco Albani, Adam Elsheimer, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Fede Galizia, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, and Agostino Tassi. After him are Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, and Benedetto Castelli. Among people deceased in 1634, John Webster ranks 6Before him are Albrecht von Wallenstein, Hendrick Avercamp, Maria Celeste, Adriano Banchieri, and Urbain Grandier. After him are Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, António de Andrade, John Albert Vasa, Johann von Aldringen, Edward Coke, and Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Webster ranks 1,842 out of 7,765Before him are Charles Joughin (1878), Anne Lister (1791), Jimmy Somerville (1961), Raymond Williams (1921), Arthur Percival (1887), and Arthur Phillip (1738). After him are George Grenville (1712), Ronald Colman (1891), Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), and Lady Hester Stanhope (1776).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Webster ranks 205Before him are Orderic Vitalis (1075), Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), James Boswell (1740), Clive Barker (1952), Michael Jackson (1942), and Alan Sillitoe (1928). After him are Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), George Meredith (1828), Jojo Moyes (1969), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), Tom Sharpe (1928), and John Cleland (1709).