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Rupert Brooke

1887 - 1915

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Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". He was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rupert Brooke has received more than 1,469,133 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Rupert Brooke is the 3,759th most popular writer (down from 3,191st in 2019), the 2,663rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,381st in 2019) and the 303rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

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  • 4.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rupert Brooke ranks 3,759 out of 7,302. Before him are Hal Clement, Judith Gautier, Marilyn French, Edna O'Brien, Pyotr Tkachev, and Simin Behbahani. After him are Samad Behrangi, Yuli Daniel, Chögyam Trungpa, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Alaiza Pashkevich, and Dares Phrygius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Rupert Brooke ranks 173. Before him are Courtney Hodges, Sam Warner, Thoralf Skolem, Louis Leon Thurstone, Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg, and Joseph Orbeli. After him are Louise Arner Boyd, Marianne Moore, Sylvia Beach, Leevi Madetoja, Pierre Jean Jouve, and Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi. Among people deceased in 1915, Rupert Brooke ranks 77. Before him are Booker T. Washington, Pascual Orozco, Louis Pergaud, Daniel Giraud Elliot, Tevfik Fikret, and Luigi Capuana. After him are Siamanto, Karl Staaff, Raffaello Giovagnoli, Otto von Emmich, Paul Eyschen, and Stanisław Witkiewicz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rupert Brooke ranks 2,663 out of 8,785. Before him are Jamie Oliver (1975), George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), William Wilson (1844), Ian Rankin (1960), Elaine Paige (1948), and John Neville (1925). After him are Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Jonny Lee Miller (1972), David Heyman (1961), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), Frederick W. Lanchester (1868), and John Tavener (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Rupert Brooke ranks 303. Before him are Diana Mosley (1910), Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Nancy Mitford (1904), Constance Lloyd (1858), Georgette Heyer (1902), and Ian Rankin (1960). After him are Nick Hornby (1957), Mary Renault (1905), Iain Banks (1954), Israel Zangwill (1864), Eric Ambler (1909), and Richard Hammond (1969).

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