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Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

1623 - 1673

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Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (née Lucas; 1623 – 15 December 1673) was a prolific English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer and playwright. In her lifetime, she was able to keep that tone of productivity by creating more than twelve works that were completely original to her own. Margaret Cavendish even would have her portrait engraved on the covers of her different works so that people would know that she was solely responsible for the creation of whatever she wrote and then published in some way or another. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne has received more than 454,810 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne is the 616th most popular philosopher (down from 606th in 2019), the 1,364th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,335th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ranks 616 out of 1,081. Before her are John Austin, Aeschines of Sphettus, David Hartley, Polemon, R. G. Collingwood, and Shen Buhai. After her are Cristoforo Landino, Abraham Isaac Kook, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Maximus Planudes, Georges Politzer, and Ian Stevenson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1623, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ranks 6. Before her are Blaise Pascal, William Petty, Ferdinand Verbiest, Zhu Youlang, and Antonio Cesti. After her are Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, François de Laval, and Algernon Sidney. Among people deceased in 1673, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ranks 10. Before her are Salvator Rosa, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Semyon Dezhnev, Regnier de Graaf, Joan Blaeu, and Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons. After her is Barent Fabritius.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ranks 1,364 out of 7,765. Before her are Robert Darwin (1766), Arthur Machen (1863), Alan Shearer (1970), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), Steven Berkoff (1937), and Tom Pryce (1949). After her are Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), John Toshack (1949), Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), Samuel Wallis (1728), Edward Lear (1812), and Dennis Nilsen (1945).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ranks 39. Before her are Antony Flew (1923), Thomas Reid (1710), Alexander of Hales (1175), John Austin (1790), David Hartley (1705), and R. G. Collingwood (1889). After her are Gilbert Ryle (1900), Thomas Hill Green (1836), Robert Filmer (1588), William Paley (1743), P. F. Strawson (1919), and Olaf Stapledon (1886).

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