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Philip Sidney

1554 - 1586

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Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Sidney has received more than 1,172,485 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Philip Sidney is the 2,353rd most popular writer (down from 2,014th in 2019), the 1,744th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,592nd in 2019) and the 188th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philip Sidney ranks 2,353 out of 7,302. Before him are Eugippius, Terry Bisson, Anton Bernolák, Karel Hynek Mácha, Phocylides, and Margit Sandemo. After him are Juan de Valdés, Paul Adam, Walter Bagehot, Dmytro Dontsov, Maksim Bahdanovič, and Ybyrai Altynsarin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1554, Philip Sidney ranks 12. Before him are Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Marietta Robusti, Wakisaka Yasuharu, Philip William, Prince of Orange, Ernest of Bavaria, and Bálint Balassi. After him are Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, Bartolomeo Carducci, Girolamo Diruta, Richard Hooker, and John Lyly. Among people deceased in 1586, Philip Sidney ranks 12. Before him are Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Primož Trubar, Luis de Morales, Birbal, and Ignazio Danti. After him are Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Martín de Azpilcueta, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, and Adam Lonicer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philip Sidney ranks 1,744 out of 8,785. Before him are David Gill (1843), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Steven Runciman (1903), Anthony Quayle (1913), Margaret Scriven (1912), and Owain Glyndŵr (1359). After him are Geri Halliwell (1972), Walter Bagehot (1826), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Orlando Gibbons (1583), Kim Wilde (1960), and Antony Beevor (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Philip Sidney ranks 188. Before him are Edward FitzGerald (1809), Donald Adamson (1939), Richard Aldington (1892), Kingsley Amis (1922), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), and Terry Eagleton (1943). After him are Walter Bagehot (1826), William Auld (1924), Leonard Woolf (1880), Taliesin (518), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), and Aelred of Rievaulx (1110).

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