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Richard Lovelace

1617 - 1658

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Richard Lovelace (, homophone of "loveless"; 9 December 1617 – 1657) was an English poet in the seventeenth century. He was a cavalier poet who fought on behalf of Charles I during the English Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Lovelace has received more than 169,048 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Richard Lovelace is the 6,529th most popular writer (down from 5,874th in 2019), the 5,810th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,297th in 2019) and the 665th most popular British Writer.

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  • 170k

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  • 48.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Lovelace ranks 6,529 out of 7,302. Before him are Laurell K. Hamilton, Ellen Kushner, Andrew Kevin Walker, Elizabeth Inchbald, Maylis de Kerangal, and Arkady Babchenko. After him are David Diop, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Dennis Prager, Anthony Boucher, Jeff Noon, and Dorothy E. Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1617, Richard Lovelace ranks 16. Before him are Elias Ashmole, Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, Yun Hyu, John Michael Wright, Ralph Cudworth, and Roshanara Begum.  Among people deceased in 1658, Richard Lovelace ranks 7. Before him are Oliver Cromwell, Baltasar Gracián, Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Bertuccio Valier, and Lucy Walter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Lovelace ranks 5,810 out of 8,785. Before him are David O'Hara (1965), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Samuel Gompers (1850), John Parr (1952), Craig Bellamy (1979), and Steve Clarke (1963). After him are Lee Ryan (1983), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), Michelle Keegan (1987), Mike Gascoyne (1963), Tom Sturridge (1985), and Ian Stewart (1929).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard Lovelace ranks 665. Before him are George MacDonald Fraser (1925), John Lydgate (1370), Sidney Lee (1859), Charles Stross (1964), John Gribbin (1946), and Elizabeth Inchbald (1753). After him are Jeff Noon (1957), Dorothy E. Smith (1926), Eric Linklater (1899), Katharine Gun (1974), Dinah Craik (1826), and Pippa Middleton (1983).

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