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Nahum Tate

1652 - 1715

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Nahum Tate ( NAY-əm TAYT; 1652 – 30 July 1715) was an Anglo-Irish poet, hymnist, and lyricist, who became Poet Laureate in 1692. Tate is best known for The History of King Lear, his 1681 adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, and for his libretto for Henry Purcell's opera, Dido and Aeneas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nahum Tate has received more than 167,594 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nahum Tate is the 6,216th most popular writer (down from 5,735th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from Ireland and the 45th most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 50.33

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nahum Tate ranks 6,216 out of 7,302. Before him are Pentti Haanpää, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Cynthia Ozick, Mikhail Gurevich, China Miéville, and R. D. Blackmore. After him are Mary Lamb, Lawrence Venuti, Max Hastings, George Alec Effinger, N. Scott Momaday, and Cecily von Ziegesar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1652, Nahum Tate ranks 16. Before him are Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Johann Ernst Glück, Jan Brokoff, Pavao Ritter Vitezović, and Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard.  Among people deceased in 1715, Nahum Tate ranks 19. Before him are François Girardon, Mirwais Hotak, Pierre Magnol, Joseph Raphson, Nicolas Lemery, and Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Nahum Tate ranks 325 out of 549. Before him are Damien Rice (1973), Frank O'Farrell (1927), Robert Emmet (1778), Duncan Hamilton (1920), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), and Maria Doyle Kennedy (1964). After him are Paul Harrington (1960), Johnny Giles (1940), Edward Barrett (1877), Jack Gleeson (1992), Siobhan Fahey (1958), and William Hobson (1792).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Nahum Tate ranks 45. Before him are Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776), Colum McCann (1965), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Cecelia Ahern (1981), and Frank Harris (1856). After him are Roddy Doyle (1958), Frances Power Cobbe (1822), Terence MacSwiney (1879), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Marian Keyes (1963), and Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906).

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