1577 - 1640
Robert Burton (8 February 1577 – 25 January 1640) was an English author and fellow of Oxford University, who wrote the encyclopedic tome The Anatomy of Melancholy. Born in 1577 to a comfortably well-off family of the landed gentry, Burton attended two grammar schools and matriculated into 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 116,525 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Robert Burton is the 2,707th most popular writer (up from 3,130th in 2019), the 2,064th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,332nd in 2019) and the 232nd most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Robert Burton ranks 2,707 out of 5,755. Before him are James Tiptree Jr., Petar Preradović, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Albert of Aix, Anyte of Tegea, and Pascal Bruckner. After him are Alfred Andersch, Dominique Lapierre, Malwida von Meysenbug, Viktor Astafyev, Vyacheslav Ivanov, and Jorge Bucay.
1915 - 1987
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 2,701
1818 - 1872
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 2,702
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 2,703
1060 - 1120
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 2,704
290 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 2,705
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 2,706
1577 - 1640
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 2,707
1914 - 1980
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 2,708
1931 - 2022
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 2,709
1816 - 1903
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 2,710
1924 - 2001
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 2,711
1866 - 1949
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 2,712
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 2,713
Among people born in 1577, Robert Burton ranks 15. Before him are Scipione Borghese, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jacob Cats, and Gerardus Vossius. After him are Nicolas Trigault and Roberto de Nobili. Among people deceased in 1640, Robert Burton ranks 13. Before him are Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Giuseppe Cesari, Charles, Duke of Guise, Wilhelm Kettler, Vittoria Aleotti, and Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski. After him are John Francis Regis, Paul Fleming, Alessandro Salvio, Peter Fourier, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, and Philip Massinger.
1577 - 1633
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 9
1577 - 1629
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 10
1577 - 1622
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 11
1577 - 1626
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 12
1577 - 1660
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 13
1577 - 1649
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 14
1577 - 1640
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 15
1577 - 1628
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 16
1577 - 1656
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 17
1567 - 1640
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 7
1568 - 1640
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 8
1571 - 1640
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 9
1574 - 1640
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 10
1575 - 1640
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 11
1595 - 1640
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 12
1577 - 1640
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 13
1597 - 1640
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 14
1609 - 1640
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 15
1570 - 1640
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 16
1565 - 1640
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 17
1612 - 1640
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 18
1583 - 1640
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 19
Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Burton ranks 2,064 out of 7,765. Before him are Harry Redknapp (1947), Arnold Bennett (1867), Lady Katherine Grey (1540), Andrew Bertie (1929), Ronnie Biggs (1929), and Allan Octavian Hume (1829). After him are Robert Donat (1905), Max Beerbohm (1872), Julian Lennon (1963), Chris Squire (1948), Barbara Hepworth (1903), and Angela Carter (1940).
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 2,058
1867 - 1931
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 2,059
1540 - 1568
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 2,060
1929 - 2008
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 2,061
1929 - 2013
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 2,062
1829 - 1912
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 2,063
1577 - 1640
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 2,064
1905 - 1958
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 2,065
1872 - 1956
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 2,066
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 2,067
1948 - 2015
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 2,068
1903 - 1975
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 2,069
1940 - 1992
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 2,070
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Burton ranks 232. Before him are Leonard Woolf (1880), Herbert Read (1893), Joseph Delaney (1945), Ken Robinson (1950), David C. H. Austin (1926), and Arnold Bennett (1867). After him are Max Beerbohm (1872), Angela Carter (1940), Samuel Smiles (1812), Anna Sewell (1820), John Wyndham (1903), and David Gemmell (1948).
1880 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 226
1893 - 1968
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 227
1945 - 2022
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 228
1950 - 2020
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 229
1926 - 2018
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 230
1867 - 1931
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 231
1577 - 1640
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 232
1872 - 1956
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 233
1940 - 1992
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 234
1812 - 1904
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 235
1820 - 1878
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 236
1903 - 1969
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 237
1948 - 2006
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 238