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Mark Akenside

1721 - 1770

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Mark Akenside (9 November 1721 – 23 June 1770) was an English poet and physician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Akenside is the 6,490th most popular writer (down from 6,478th in 2024), the 5,847th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,722nd in 2019) and the 653rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Mark Akenside ranks 6,490 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Hughes, Janne Teller, Akif Pirinçci, Damon Lindelof, Colley Cibber, and Louis de Bernières. After him are Compton Mackenzie, George S. Kaufman, Michael Rosen, Ti-Grace Atkinson, Ayi Kwei Armah, and Saunders Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, Mark Akenside ranks 22. Before him are Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Francesco Sabatini, Roger Sherman, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, William Robertson, and Benjamin Wilson. After him are Peyton Randolph, and William Collins. Among people deceased in 1770, Mark Akenside ranks 19. Before him are Martin van Meytens, Carl Gustaf Tessin, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Francesco Araja, Charles Avison, and Christopher Middleton. After him is Crispus Attucks.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mark Akenside ranks 5,849 out of 8,785. Before him are Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845), Martin Keown (1966), Louis Partridge (2003), Colley Cibber (1671), Jackie Lewis (1936), and Louis de Bernières (1954). After him are Dan McKenzie (1942), Gillian Sheen (1928), Zoella (1990), Compton Mackenzie (1883), Will Poulter (1993), and Harry Pollitt (1890).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mark Akenside ranks 653. Before him are John Arden (1930), Thomas Hood (1799), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), Thomas Hughes (1822), Colley Cibber (1671), and Louis de Bernières (1954). After him are Compton Mackenzie (1883), Michael Rosen (1946), Saunders Lewis (1893), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Walter Besant (1836), and Naomi Mitchison (1897).

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