1822 - 1888
Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the celebrated headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew Arnold has received more than 1,432,906 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Matthew Arnold is the 2,200th most popular writer (down from 2,018th in 2019), the 1,696th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,565th in 2019) and the 187th most popular Writer.
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Among writers, Matthew Arnold ranks 2,200 out of 5,755. Before him are Yasmina Reza, Zygmunt Krasiński, Morgan Robertson, Walter of Châtillon, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. After him are John Flanagan, Édouard Drumont, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Sholem Asch, Umberto Saba, and Gian Giorgio Trissino.
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,194
1812 - 1859
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 2,195
1861 - 1915
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 2,196
1135 - 1201
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 2,197
1581 - 1639
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 2,198
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 2,199
1822 - 1888
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 2,200
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 2,201
1844 - 1917
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 2,202
1621 - 1698
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 2,203
1880 - 1957
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 2,204
1883 - 1957
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 2,205
1478 - 1550
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 2,206
Among people born in 1822, Matthew Arnold ranks 36. Before him are Joseph Bertrand, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Januária of Brazil, Joachim Raff, Nikolay Danilevsky, and Fritz Müller. After him are Charles Friedel, Jacob Moleschott, Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz, Frederick Law Olmsted, Adolf Kussmaul, and Jules Antoine Lissajous. Among people deceased in 1888, Matthew Arnold ranks 39. Before him are Jean-Marie Guyau, Henri Herz, Auguste Maquet, Ludvig Nobel, Eugène Marin Labiche, and Gustave Boulanger. After him are Vsevolod Garshin, Josif Pančić, Princess Marie of Prussia, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, Joseph Dietzgen, and Mikhail Loris-Melikov.
1822 - 1900
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 30
1822 - 1857
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 31
1822 - 1901
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 32
1822 - 1882
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 33
1822 - 1885
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 34
1822 - 1897
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 35
1822 - 1888
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 36
1822 - 1899
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 37
1822 - 1893
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 38
1822 - 1862
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 39
1822 - 1903
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 40
1822 - 1902
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 41
1822 - 1880
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 42
1854 - 1888
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 33
1803 - 1888
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 34
1813 - 1888
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 35
1831 - 1888
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 36
1815 - 1888
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 37
1824 - 1888
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 38
1822 - 1888
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 39
1855 - 1888
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 40
1814 - 1888
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 41
1855 - 1888
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 42
1831 - 1888
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 43
1828 - 1888
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 44
1824 - 1888
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 45
Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Arnold ranks 1,696 out of 7,765. Before him are George Green (1793), Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841), Irvine Welsh (1957), Ernest Jones (1879), William Hamilton (1730), and Samantha Eggar (1939). After him are Louise, Princess Royal (1867), Ed Sheeran (1991), Kate Sheppard (1848), Arthur Tansley (1871), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), and John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852).
1793 - 1841
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 1,690
1841 - 1924
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 1,691
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 1,692
1879 - 1958
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 1,693
1730 - 1803
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 1,694
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 1,695
1822 - 1888
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 1,696
1867 - 1931
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 1,697
1991 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 1,698
1848 - 1934
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 1,699
1871 - 1955
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 1,700
1942 - 2021
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 1,701
1852 - 1925
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 1,702
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Matthew Arnold ranks 187. Before him are Thomas Gray (1716), Christina Rossetti (1830), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Edward Young (1683), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), and Irvine Welsh (1957). After him are Kenneth Grahame (1859), Richard Aldington (1892), Tobias Smollett (1721), Robert Southey (1774), Noël Coward (1899), and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806).
1716 - 1771
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 181
1830 - 1894
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 182
1920 - 1996
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 183
1683 - 1765
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 184
1838 - 1926
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 185
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 186
1822 - 1888
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 187
1859 - 1932
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 188
1892 - 1962
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 189
1721 - 1771
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 190
1774 - 1843
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 191
1899 - 1973
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 192
1806 - 1861
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 193