1835 - 1902
Samuel Butler (4 December 1835 – 18 June 1902) was an English novelist and critic, best known for the satirical utopian novel Erewhon (1872) and the semi-autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh (published posthumously in 1903 with substantial revisions and published in its original form in 1964 as Ernest Pontifex or The Way of All Flesh). Both novels have remained in print since their initial publication. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Butler has received more than 48,662 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Samuel Butler is the 595th most popular writer (down from 573rd in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 429th in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Writer.
Samuel Butler is most famous for his satirical poem "Hudibras," which is a mock epic poem about the English Civil War.
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Among writers, Samuel Butler ranks 595 out of 5,755. Before him are Philip Larkin, Thomas Wolfe, Ferenc Molnár, Ausonius, Tirso de Molina, and Arthur Koestler. After him are Eugène Sue, Michael Crichton, Samuel Johnson, Demetrius Vikelas, Alessandro Manzoni, and Camilo José Cela.
1922 - 1985
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 589
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 590
1878 - 1952
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 591
310 - 395
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 592
1579 - 1648
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 593
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 594
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 595
1804 - 1857
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 596
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 597
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 598
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 599
1785 - 1873
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 600
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 601
Among people born in 1835, Samuel Butler ranks 12. Before him are Cesare Lombroso, Adolf von Baeyer, Andrew Carnegie, César Cui, Henryk Wieniawski, and Giovanni Schiaparelli. After him are Demetrius Vikelas, Giosuè Carducci, Eduard Strauss, Josef Stefan, William Stanley Jevons, and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Among people deceased in 1902, Samuel Butler ranks 8. Before him are Cecil Rhodes, Swami Vivekananda, Rudolf Virchow, Levi Strauss, Maria Goretti, and Marie Henriette of Austria. After him are James Tissot, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, Victor D'Hondt, Ion Ivanovici, and Albert of Saxony.
1835 - 1909
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 6
1835 - 1917
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 7
1835 - 1919
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 8
1835 - 1918
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 9
1835 - 1880
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 10
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 11
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 12
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 13
1835 - 1907
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 14
1835 - 1916
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 15
1835 - 1893
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 16
1835 - 1882
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 17
1835 - 1908
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 18
1853 - 1902
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 2
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 3
1821 - 1902
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 4
1829 - 1902
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 5
1890 - 1902
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 6
1836 - 1902
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 7
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 8
1836 - 1902
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 9
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 10
1822 - 1902
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 11
1841 - 1902
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 12
1845 - 1902
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 13
1828 - 1902
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 14
Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Butler ranks 467 out of 7,765. Before him are John Knox (1514), Philip Larkin (1922), Joshua Reynolds (1723), Richard Francis Burton (1821), Donald Pleasence (1919), and John Hicks (1904). After him are Samuel Johnson (1709), William Laud (1573), William Adams (1564), Gregory Bateson (1904), Gustav Holst (1874), and John Donne (1572).
1514 - 1572
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 461
1922 - 1985
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 462
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 463
1821 - 1890
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 464
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 465
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 466
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 467
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 468
1573 - 1645
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 469
1564 - 1620
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 470
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 471
1874 - 1934
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 472
1572 - 1631
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 473
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Butler ranks 54. Before him are John le Carré (1931), Beatrix Potter (1866), J. M. Barrie (1860), A. A. Milne (1882), Percy Fawcett (1867), and Philip Larkin (1922). After him are Samuel Johnson (1709), John Donne (1572), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), John Bunyan (1628), Daphne du Maurier (1907), and Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090).
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 48
1866 - 1943
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 49
1860 - 1937
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 50
1882 - 1956
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 51
1867 - 1925
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 52
1922 - 1985
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 53
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 54
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 55
1572 - 1631
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 56
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 57
1628 - 1688
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 58
1907 - 1989
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 59
1090 - 1155
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 60