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Robert Herrick

1591 - 1674

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Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Herrick has received more than 27,950 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Robert Herrick is the 5,521st most popular writer (down from 4,990th in 2019), the 4,211th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,864th in 2019) and the 475th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Hesperides
1846
The poetical works of Robert Herrick
English poetry
1893
The common lot
Social problems, Fiction, Accessible book
1904
The master of the inn
1908
The poems of Robert Herrick
1900
The World Decision
2003

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Herrick ranks 5,521 out of 7,302. Before him are Kazimierz Brandys, Vibius Sequester, Ted Chiang, Goffredo Parise, Steven Moffat, and Juan Zorrilla de San Martín. After him are Paul-Eerik Rummo, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Yulia Drunina, José Craveirinha, Michael Herr, and Vladislav Krapivin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1591, Robert Herrick ranks 23. Before him are Friedrich Spee, Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, Johann von Werth, George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Anne Hutchinson, and Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex.  Among people deceased in 1674, Robert Herrick ranks 22. Before him are Matthias Weckmann, Johannes Lingelbach, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Pieter Boel, Kanō Tan'yū, and Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon. After him is Thomas Traherne.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Herrick ranks 4,211 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778), Chad of Mercia (634), Steven Moffat (1961), John Richardson (1934), Clive Dunn (1920), and Robbie Fowler (1975). After him are Anita Roddick (1942), Kenneth Frampton (1930), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), Antonia Fraser (1932), and Richard Palmer-James (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Herrick ranks 475. Before him are Emilia Lanier (1569), Elizabeth Montagu (1718), Edward Rutherfurd (1948), Bruno Heller (1960), Thomas Nashe (1567), and Steven Moffat (1961). After him are Antonia Fraser (1932), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Ramsey Campbell (1946), Michael Grant (1914), Roger Ascham (1515), and Paula Yates (1959).

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