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Philip Freneau

1752 - 1832

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Philip Morin Freneau (January 2, 1752 – December 18, 1832) was an American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain and early American newspaper editor sometimes called the "Poet of the American Revolution". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Freneau has received more than 178,706 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Freneau is the 6,620th most popular writer (down from 5,886th in 2019), the 13,008th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,570th in 2019) and the 948th most popular American Writer.

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  • 180k

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  • 47.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philip Freneau ranks 6,620 out of 7,302. Before him are Ingo Schulze, Parveen Shakir, Melissa Rosenberg, Nagaru Tanigawa, Ananda Devi, and Sui Ishida. After him are James Mason, Andrus Kivirähk, David Sedaris, Frederica Sagor Maas, Tor Ulven, and Neil Strauss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, Philip Freneau ranks 38. Before him are Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, Barnaba Oriani, Palisot de Beauvois, Gouverneur Morris, George Rogers Clark, and John Graves Simcoe.  Among people deceased in 1832, Philip Freneau ranks 45. Before him are Franz Josef Gerstner, Marie-Jeanne de Lalande, George Crabbe, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Barnaba Oriani, and Johann Friedrich Adam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Freneau ranks 13,008 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Goldberg (1908), Cindy Blackman Santana (1959), Kiersten Warren (1965), Ernest Gruening (1887), Maya Hawke (1998), and Candy Reynolds (1955). After him are Sybil Bauer (1903), Norvel Lee (1924), Charlie Day (1976), Oliver Hudson (1976), Bill Cartwright (1957), and Virginia Christine (1920).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Philip Freneau ranks 948. Before him are Paolo Bacigalupi (1972), Ann C. Crispin (1950), Nat Hentoff (1925), John Patrick Shanley (1950), Alan Dundes (1934), and Melissa Rosenberg (1962). After him are David Sedaris (1956), Frederica Sagor Maas (1900), Neil Strauss (1969), August Wilson (1945), Jane Smiley (1949), and Ellen Willis (1941).

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