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Matthew Locke

1621 - 1677

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew Locke has received more than 9,999 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Matthew Locke is the 987th most popular composer (down from 918th in 2019), the 2,715th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,528th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Composer.

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  • 10k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Matthew Locke ranks 987 out of 1,451Before him are Federico Moreno Torroba, Friedrich Gernsheim, Lars-Erik Larsson, Jean Mouton, Egon Wellesz, and Ivan Galamian. After him are Marcos Portugal, John Rutter, Franco Donatoni, Bruno Coulais, Michael Giacchino, and Renzo Rossellini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1621, Matthew Locke ranks 15Before him are Allaert van Everdingen, Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, Isaac van Ostade, Shi Lang, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, and Jan Baptist Weenix. After him are John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, Andrew Marvell, Bohuslav Balbín, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, and Wacław Potocki. Among people deceased in 1677, Matthew Locke ranks 15Before him are William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Aert van der Neer, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, James Harrington, Robert Cambert, and Henry Oldenburg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Locke ranks 2,715 out of 8,785Before him are Charles Warren (1840), Richard Bright (1789), Harvey Postlethwaite (1944), Eleanor of Scotland (1433), Simon MacCorkindale (1952), and Joseph Larmor (1857). After him are John Barnard (1946), Paul Potts (1970), Dennis Stratton (1952), John Rutter (1945), Brian Connolly (1945), and Tony Atkinson (1944).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Matthew Locke ranks 35Before him are Frank Bridge (1879), John Taverner (1490), Stanley Myers (1930), Charles Burney (1726), Harry Gregson-Williams (1961), and John Tavener (1944). After him are John Rutter (1945), Hamilton Harty (1879), Rebecca Clarke (1886), Brian Ferneyhough (1943), Richard Addinsell (1904), and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892).