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Samuel Butler

1612 - 1680

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Samuel Butler (baptized 14 February 1613 – 25 September 1680) was an English poet and satirist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Butler has received more than 51,874 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Butler is the 1,305th most popular writer (down from 1,200th in 2019), the 1,036th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 945th in 2019) and the 117th most popular British Writer.

Samuel Butler is most famous for his satirical novel, "Erewhon," in which he criticizes Victorian society and the Church of England.

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  • 52k

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  • 58.80

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samuel Butler ranks 1,305 out of 5,755Before him are Ignazio Silone, Naim Frashëri, James Baldwin, Marcus Tullius Tiro, Yosano Akiko, and Clément Marot. After him are Hristo Botev, Kurt Tucholsky, Monique Wittig, Alexander Grin, Viktor Suvorov, and Henry Steel Olcott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, Samuel Butler ranks 10Before him are Louis Le Vau, Wu Sangui, Antoine Arnauld, Pierre Mignard, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, and Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma. After him are Peter Stuyvesant, Claude Françoise de Lorraine, Margherita de' Medici, Janusz Radziwiłł, Louis, Duke of Vendôme, and Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Among people deceased in 1680, Samuel Butler ranks 15Before him are Willem Claesz. Heda, Ivan Sirko, Ferdinand Bol, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, John George II, Elector of Saxony, and Emperor Go-Mizunoo. After him are Elisabeth of the Palatinate, John Eudes, Li Yu, Thomas Bartholin, Per Brahe the Younger, and Tokugawa Ietsuna.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Butler ranks 1,036 out of 7,765Before him are Edith Cavell (1865), Henry Briggs (1561), Charles Lightoller (1874), James Meade (1907), Alexander II of Scotland (1198), and Bob Hope (1903). After him are Roger Daltrey (1944), George Vancouver (1757), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), Alan Moore (1953), Thomas Graham (1805), and Jack Phillips (1887).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Butler ranks 117Before him are Arthur Hailey (1920), Thomas De Quincey (1785), John Berger (1926), James Anderson (1680), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), and Winifred Wagner (1897). After him are Neil Gaiman (1960), John Dryden (1631), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Colin Dexter (1930), Matthew Lewis (1775), and Robert Faurisson (1929).