1812 - 1889
Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax. His early long poems Pauline (1833) and Paracelsus (1835) were acclaimed, but his reputation dwindled for a time – his 1840 poem Sordello was seen as wilfully obscure – and took over a decade to recover, by which time he had moved from Shelleyan forms to a more personal style. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Browning has received more than 2,634,059 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Robert Browning is the 1,419th most popular writer (down from 1,162nd in 2019), the 1,133rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 906th in 2019) and the 124th most popular British Writer.
Robert Browning is most famous for his poem "Pippa Passes" and his collection of poems "Men and Women."
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Among writers, Robert Browning ranks 1,419 out of 5,755. Before him are Qiu Jin, Louise Labé, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Béla Balázs, Mukhtar Auezov, and Giuseppe Ungaretti. After him are Siegfried Lenz, Joseph Needham, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Ira Levin, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, and Blaise de Vigenère.
1875 - 1907
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,413
1524 - 1566
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,414
1715 - 1747
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,415
1884 - 1949
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 1,416
1897 - 1961
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 1,417
1888 - 1970
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,418
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,419
1926 - 2014
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,420
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,421
1798 - 1874
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,422
1929 - 2007
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,423
912 - 966
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,424
1523 - 1596
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,425
Among people born in 1812, Robert Browning ranks 19. Before him are Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Alfred Krupp, Sigismond Thalberg, James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Friedrich von Flotow, and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen. After him are Natalia Pushkina, Paul Abadie, Zuo Zongtang, Pertevniyal Sultan, Edward Lear, and Édouard Séguin. Among people deceased in 1889, Robert Browning ranks 20. Before him are Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Marie of Prussia, Wilhelm Tempel, Giovanni Bottesini, Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, and Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly. After him are Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Ion Creangă, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, John Ericsson, Ignacy Domeyko, and Gaston Planté.
1812 - 1873
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 13
1812 - 1887
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 14
1812 - 1871
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 15
1812 - 1860
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 16
1812 - 1883
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 17
1812 - 1885
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 18
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 19
1812 - 1863
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 20
1812 - 1884
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 21
1812 - 1885
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 22
1812 - 1883
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 23
1812 - 1888
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 24
1812 - 1880
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 25
1838 - 1889
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 14
1825 - 1889
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 15
1821 - 1889
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 16
1821 - 1889
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 17
1822 - 1889
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 18
1808 - 1889
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 19
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 20
1830 - 1889
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 21
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 22
1826 - 1889
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 23
1803 - 1889
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 24
1802 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 25
1834 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 26
Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Browning ranks 1,133 out of 7,765. Before him are Rosamund Pike (1979), Idris Elba (1972), George Fox (1624), Antony Flew (1923), John William Godward (1861), and Peter Green (1946). After him are Ian Anderson (1947), Joseph Needham (1900), Francis Walsingham (1532), Ealhswith (852), John Schlesinger (1926), and Angus Deaton (1945).
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,127
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,128
1624 - 1691
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,129
1923 - 2010
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 1,130
1861 - 1922
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 1,131
1946 - 2020
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 1,132
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,133
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,134
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,135
1532 - 1590
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,136
852 - 902
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,137
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,138
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,139
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Browning ranks 124. Before him are Neil Gaiman (1960), John Dryden (1631), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Colin Dexter (1930), Matthew Lewis (1775), and Robert Faurisson (1929). After him are Joseph Needham (1900), James Murray (1837), Evelyn Waugh (1903), Allen Carr (1934), Michael Moorcock (1939), and Samuel Pepys (1633).
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 118
1631 - 1700
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 119
1870 - 1945
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 120
1930 - 2017
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 121
1775 - 1818
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 122
1929 - 2018
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 123
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 124
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 125
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 126
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 127
1934 - 2006
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 128
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 129
1633 - 1703
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 130