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Robert Burton

1577 - 1640

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Robert Burton (8 February 1577 – 25 January 1640) was an English author and fellow of Oxford University, known for his encyclopedic The Anatomy of Melancholy. Born in 1577 to a comfortably well-off family of the landed gentry, Burton attended two grammar schools and matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1593, age 15. Burton's education at Oxford was unusually lengthy, possibly drawn out by an affliction of melancholy, and saw an early transfer to Christ Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Burton has received more than 139,607 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Robert Burton is the 2,966th most popular writer (down from 2,697th in 2019), the 2,167th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,059th in 2019) and the 246th most popular British Writer.

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  • 140k

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  • 59.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Burton ranks 2,966 out of 7,302. Before him are José Martínez Ruiz, Morris West, James Rollins, Angela Carter, Louise Weiss, and Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths. After him are Anvari, Olha Kobylianska, François Cheng, Karel Havlíček Borovský, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, and Cornelius Ryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Robert Burton ranks 16. Before him are Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jacob Cats, and Mario Minniti. After him are Gerardus Vossius, Nicolas Trigault, and Roberto de Nobili. Among people deceased in 1640, Robert Burton ranks 17. Before him are Alessandro Salvio, Charles, Duke of Guise, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Mario Minniti, Peter Fourier, and Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski. After him are Paul Fleming, John Francis Regis, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, and Philip Massinger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Burton ranks 2,167 out of 8,785. Before him are Claude Choules (1901), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), and Angela Carter (1940). After him are Naomie Harris (1976), Nevil Maskelyne (1732), Wendy Hiller (1912), John Needham (1713), E. H. Shepard (1879), and Tom Holland (1996).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Burton ranks 246. Before him are Dodie Smith (1896), Jack Higgins (1929), David Gemmell (1948), Charles Kingsley (1819), Thomas Otway (1652), and Angela Carter (1940). After him are Richard Baxter (1615), Wilfred Owen (1893), John Cleland (1709), Lytton Strachey (1880), Caroline Graham (1931), and Michael Jackson (1942).

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