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John Winthrop

1588 - 1649

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John Winthrop (January 12, 1588 – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and a leading figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of colonists from England in 1630 and served as governor for 12 of the colony's first 20 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Winthrop has received more than 2,081,504 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). John Winthrop is the 4,196th most popular writer (down from 3,497th in 2019), the 3,007th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,584th in 2019) and the 337th most popular British Writer.

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  • 49.76

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Winthrop ranks 4,196 out of 7,302. Before him are Wafa Sultan, Sotades, Simon Vestdijk, Ida B. Wells, Theodore Roszak, and Alexander Galich. After him are Don Miguel Ruiz, Antoine Furetière, Yan Lianke, Charlotte von Ahlefeld, Nicolas Bouvier, and Juhan Smuul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1588, John Winthrop ranks 20. Before him are Johann Heinrich Alsted, Margherita Aldobrandini, Claudius Salmasius, Johann von Aldringen, François de La Mothe Le Vayer, and Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen.  Among people deceased in 1649, John Winthrop ranks 17. Before him are Juan Martínez Montañés, Giulio Alenio, Vincenzo Carafa, Jean de Brébeuf, Susanna Hall, and Vittoria Farnese. After him are Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania, and Richard Crashaw.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Winthrop ranks 3,007 out of 8,785. Before him are Derek Bell (1941), William Langland (1332), Rowland Hill (1795), Timothy Laurence (1955), Andy Bell (1964), and Richard Hooker (1554). After him are Henry Raeburn (1756), George Graham (1673), Ralph Copeland (1837), Henry Shrapnel (1761), Walter Map (1140), and Alkmund of Derby (800).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Winthrop ranks 337. Before him are Jackie Collins (1937), Helen Fielding (1958), John Christopher (1922), Susanna Hall (1583), Sue Townsend (1946), and William Langland (1332). After him are Walter Map (1140), David Almond (1951), Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), Anthony Hope (1863), Richard Pococke (1704), and Richard Hakluyt (1552).

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