WRITER

Michael Drayton

1563 - 1631

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Michael Drayton (1563 – 23 December 1631) was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era, continuing to write through the reign of James I and into the reign of Charles I. Many of his works consisted of historical poetry. He was also the first English-language author to write odes in the style of Horace. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Drayton has received more than 247,381 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Michael Drayton is the 6,176th most popular writer (down from 5,750th in 2019), the 5,146th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,066th in 2019) and the 580th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poems
Poetry, History
1605
The Complete Works of Michael Drayton
2017
Sir John Oldcastle
Drama, Spurious and doubtful works, English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600
1734
The works of Michael Drayton
1748
Poly-Olbion
Poetry, Description and travel, Poetry of places
1612
The battaile of Agincourt
Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415, Poetry, Early works to 1800
1627

Page views of Michael Draytons by language

Over the past year Michael Drayton has had the most page views in the with 28,859 views, followed by Spanish (1,849), and German (1,158). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (335.80%), Esperanto (107.77%), and Catalan (76.27%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Drayton ranks 6,176 out of 7,302. Before him are Éric Vuillard, Robert Creeley, Philip Massinger, Paul Scott, Anthony Doerr, and Jānis Akuraters. After him are George Saunders, David McCullough, Maxine Kumin, George Woodcock, Maria Teresa Horta, and Gillian Flynn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1563, Michael Drayton ranks 19. Before him are Hosokawa Tadaoki, Katō Yoshiaki, Franciscus Gomarus, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Enno III, Count of East Frisia, and Heo Nanseolheon.  Among people deceased in 1631, Michael Drayton ranks 16. Before him are Federico Borromeo, Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Katō Yoshiaki, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard, and Nicolò Contarini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Drayton ranks 5,146 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Massinger (1583), Frederick E. Morgan (1894), Paul Scott (1920), Jimmy Gallagher (1901), Alex Stepney (1942), and George Cornet (1877). After him are James Larkin (1876), Harold Whitlock (1903), Jet Harris (1939), Pip Torrens (1960), Nick Lowe (1949), and William Paterson (1745).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Michael Drayton ranks 580. Before him are J. G. Farrell (1935), John Addington Symonds (1840), E. W. Hornung (1866), Joyce Cary (1888), Philip Massinger (1583), and Paul Scott (1920). After him are Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Alan Hollinghurst (1954), Alan Garner (1934), John Barbour (1316), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), and Bernice Rubens (1923).

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