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Mary Sidney

1561 - 1621

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Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (née Sidney, 27 October 1561 – 25 September 1621) was among the first Englishwomen to gain notice for her poetry and her literary patronage. By the age of 39, she was listed with her brother Philip Sidney and with Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare among the notable authors of the day in John Bodenham's verse miscellany Belvidere. Her play Antonius (a translation of Robert Garnier's Marc Antoine) is widely seen as reviving interest in soliloquy based on classical models and as a likely source of Samuel Daniel's closet drama Cleopatra (1594) and of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra (1607). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Sidney has received more than 335,207 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Sidney is the 5,419th most popular writer (down from 3,605th in 2019), the 4,117th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,654th in 2019) and the 461st most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

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  • 53.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mary Sidney ranks 5,419 out of 7,302. Before her are Remco Campert, Nathan Zach, Fred Saberhagen, Paddy Chayefsky, Nancy Kress, and Yuri Nagibin. After her are Johan Falkberget, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Anton Donchev, Anton Aškerc, Pentti Saarikoski, and Alain Decaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1561, Mary Sidney ranks 16. Before her are Thomas Fincke, Adriaan van Roomen, Philippe van Lansberge, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, and Basilius Besler.  Among people deceased in 1621, Mary Sidney ranks 28. Before her are Hendrick de Keyser, Ottavio Rinuccini, Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Pietro Aldobrandini, Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Dirk Hartog.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Sidney ranks 4,117 out of 8,785. Before her are Stephen Mangan (1968), Spencer Davis (1939), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), Cædmon (657), and Estelle Winwood (1883). After her are Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990), Mary Everest Boole (1832), Linus Roache (1964), Arthur Geoffrey Walker (1909), Kenneth McAlpine (1920), and Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mary Sidney ranks 461. Before her are Richard Llewellyn (1906), Kim Newman (1959), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), and Olivia Manning (1908). After her are John Clare (1793), Dan Houser (1974), Richard Hoggart (1918), Kate Atkinson (1951), William Muir (1819), and Roger Hargreaves (1935).

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