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Richard Steele

1672 - 1729

Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele (c. 1671 – 1 September 1729) was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright and politician best known as the co-founder of the magazine The Spectator alongside his close friend Joseph Addison. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Steele has received more than 395,161 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Richard Steele is the 4,343rd most popular writer (down from 3,811th in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 164th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Irish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

400k
Page Views (PV)
47.58
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
27
Languages Editions (L)
2.43
Effective Languages (L*)
4.01
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Steele ranks 4,343 out of 5,755. Before him are Bob Shaw, Mirjam Pressler, Kamala Surayya, Vittorio Messori, Chaim Potok, and John Mawe. After him are Isaac Watts, Manuel Bandeira, César Aira, Dimitrija Demeter, Jenő Rejtő, and Franciszek Karpiński.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Bob Shaw
1931 - 1996
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 4,337
Mirjam Pressler
1940 - 2019
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 4,338
Kamala Surayya
1934 - 2009
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 4,339
Vittorio Messori
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 4,340
Chaim Potok
1929 - 2002
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 4,341
John Mawe
1764 - 1829
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 4,342
Richard Steele
1672 - 1729
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 4,343
Isaac Watts
1674 - 1748
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 4,344
Manuel Bandeira
1886 - 1968
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 4,345
César Aira
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 4,346
Dimitrija Demeter
1811 - 1872
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 4,347
Jenő Rejtő
1905 - 1943
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 4,348
Franciszek Karpiński
1741 - 1825
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 4,349

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1672, Richard Steele ranks 10. Before him are Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Nicolas de Grigny, Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, André Cardinal Destouches, and Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond. Among people deceased in 1729, Richard Steele ranks 18. Before him are Samuel Clarke, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, Attilio Ariosti, Louis Antoine de Noailles, Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Torii Kiyonobu I. After him is Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Others Born in 1672

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Ludovico Antonio Muratori
1672 - 1750
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 4
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
1672 - 1733
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 5
Nicolas de Grigny
1672 - 1703
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 6
Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
1672 - 1724
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 7
André Cardinal Destouches
1672 - 1749
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 8
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond
1672 - 1723
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 9
Richard Steele
1672 - 1729
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 10

Others Deceased in 1729

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Samuel Clarke
1675 - 1729
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 12
Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach
1694 - 1729
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 13
Attilio Ariosti
1666 - 1729
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 14
Louis Antoine de Noailles
1651 - 1729
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 15
Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
1709 - 1729
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 16
Torii Kiyonobu I
1664 - 1729
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 17
Richard Steele
1672 - 1729
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 18
Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1658 - 1729
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 19