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Robert Greene

1558 - 1592

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Robert Greene (1558–1592) was an English author popular in his day, and now best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to him, Greene's Groats-Worth of Witte, bought with a million of Repentance, widely believed to contain an attack on William Shakespeare. Greene was a popular Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer known for his negative critiques of his colleagues. He is said to have been born in Norwich. He attended Cambridge where he received a BA in 1580, and an M.A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Greene has received more than 70,374 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Robert Greene is the 4,465th most popular writer (up from 4,512th in 2019), the 3,187th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,373rd in 2019) and the 363rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 70k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Groat's-worth of witte
English Authors, Biography, Contemporaries
1870
The life and complete works in prose and verse of Robert Greene
Accessible book
1881
Pandosto
Drama, Sources, Early works to 1800
1588
Menaphon
English literature, Bibliography
1880
The life and complete works in prose and verse of Robert Green
1881
Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
English drama, Early modern and Elizabethan
1926

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Greene ranks 4,465 out of 7,302. Before him are Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Joe Abercrombie, Ava, Ladislav Mňačko, Titus Quinctius Atta, and Pelagonius. After him are Johann Beckmann, Igor Severyanin, Dicuil, Deon Meyer, Ingrid Jonker, and Renia Spiegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1558, Robert Greene ranks 13. Before him are Olivier van Noort, Margrave Andrew of Burgau, François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Thomas Kyd, John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Chen Jiru. After him is Thomas Lodge. Among people deceased in 1592, Robert Greene ranks 26. Before him are John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Dorothea Susanne of Simmern, Sibylle of Saxony, Girolamo Cassar, Alessandro Striggio, and Dirck Barendsz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Greene ranks 3,187 out of 8,785. Before him are Emily Mortimer (1971), Joe Abercrombie (1974), Joseph Grimaldi (1778), Mike Parkes (1931), Benjamin Glazer (1887), and Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885). After him are Charles Shaughnessy (1955), John Pulman (1923), Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402), Ethel Thomson Larcombe (1879), Eddie Marsan (1968), and David Sylvian (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Greene ranks 363. Before him are Philip Reeve (1966), Sophie Kinsella (1969), Rosemary Sutcliff (1920), Quentin Crisp (1908), Arthur Ransome (1884), and Joe Abercrombie (1974). After him are Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844), Walter Savage Landor (1775), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), Alan Bennett (1934), Isaac Watts (1674), and George Chapman (1559).

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