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Robert Lowell

1917 - 1977

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Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (; March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the Mayflower. His family, past and present, were important subjects in his poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Lowell has received more than 925,598 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Robert Lowell is the 4,821st most popular writer (down from 4,358th in 2019), the 7,044th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,291st in 2019) and the 570th most popular American Writer.

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  • 26

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  • 2.21

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  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Lowell ranks 4,821 out of 5,755Before him are Stratis Myrivilis, Rosa Mayreder, J. Bernlef, Henry Lincoln, Semir Osmanagić, and Ernest Lehman. After him are Aminata Sow Fall, Manuel Curros Enríquez, Enzo Biagi, Ernie Pyle, George Crabbe, and Candace Bushnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Robert Lowell ranks 235Before him are Earl Cameron, Helena Rasiowa, Gonzalo Rojas, Kusuo Kitamura, Barbro Kollberg, and Nils Karlsson. After him are Joshua Nkomo, Juan Tuñas, Edgar Barth, Tony Cliff, Isabel Sanford, and Albert Mol. Among people deceased in 1977, Robert Lowell ranks 184Before him are Johann Nepomuk David, Prince Charles of Luxembourg, Jorge Pardon, André Labatut, Louis Clarke, and Károly Kós. After him are Sebastian Cabot, Sergei Lemeshev, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Giorgio Pessina, Mary Ford, and Gérard Delbeke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Lowell ranks 7,044 out of 18,182Before him are Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831), Dominic Sena (1949), Patton Oswalt (1969), Johnny Rivers (1942), Ernest Lehman (1915), and Hélène de Pourtalès (1868). After him are Kyle Gass (1960), John Ratzenberger (1947), Sheila E. (1957), William Schuman (1910), Cornelius Johnson (1913), and Phil Zimmermann (1954).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Lowell ranks 570Before him are Tobias Wolff (1945), Tom Robbins (1932), Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), Archibald MacLeish (1892), Jack Finney (1911), and Ernest Lehman (1915). After him are Ernie Pyle (1900), Candace Bushnell (1958), Dee Brown (1908), John Keel (1930), L. J. Smith (1965), and Kenneth Copeland (1936).