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Philip Massinger

1583 - 1640

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Philip Massinger (1583 – 17 March 1640) was an English dramatist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Massinger has received more than 147,440 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Massinger is the 6,172nd most popular writer (down from 5,659th in 2019), the 5,140th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,889th in 2019) and the 578th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philip Massinger ranks 6,172 out of 7,302. Before him are Barbara Frischmuth, Mehmed Uzun, Joyce Cary, Theodore Roethke, Éric Vuillard, and Robert Creeley. After him are Paul Scott, Anthony Doerr, Jānis Akuraters, Michael Drayton, George Saunders, and David McCullough.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Philip Massinger ranks 19. Before him are Iskandar Muda, Eleanor of Prussia, Denis Pétau, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Susanna Hall.  Among people deceased in 1640, Philip Massinger ranks 22. Before him are Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Robert Burton, Paul Fleming, John Francis Regis, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, and Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philip Massinger ranks 5,140 out of 8,785. Before him are David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), John Speed (1551), Humphrey Searle (1915), Sophia Di Martino (1983), Richard A. Proctor (1837), and Sonya Walger (1974). After him are Frederick E. Morgan (1894), Paul Scott (1920), Jimmy Gallagher (1901), Alex Stepney (1942), George Cornet (1877), and Michael Drayton (1563).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Philip Massinger ranks 578. Before him are Reginald Hill (1936), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), J. G. Farrell (1935), John Addington Symonds (1840), E. W. Hornung (1866), and Joyce Cary (1888). After him are Paul Scott (1920), Michael Drayton (1563), Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Alan Hollinghurst (1954), Alan Garner (1934), and John Barbour (1316).

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