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Samuel Daniel

1562 - 1619

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Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) was an English poet, playwright and historian in the late-Elizabethan and early-Jacobean eras. He was an innovator in a wide range of literary genres. His best-known works are the sonnet cycle Delia, the epic poem The Civil Wars Between the Houses of Lancaster and York, the dialogue in verse Musophilus, and the essay on English poetry A Defence of Rhyme. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Daniel has received more than 166,153 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Daniel is the 5,952nd most popular writer, the 5,429th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 610th most popular British Writer.

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  • 170k

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

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  • 3.51

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samuel Daniel ranks 5,952 out of 5,755Before him are Leslie Feinberg, Joel Surnow, Ogden Nash, Richard Flanagan, Lionel Shriver, and Sophie Hannah. After him are Barry Unsworth, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Thomas Brussig, Alexandre del Valle, Georgi Gospodinov, and Jane Smiley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1562, Samuel Daniel ranks 19Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Isabella Andreini, John Bull, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Adam van Noort, and George Abbot.  Among people deceased in 1619, Samuel Daniel ranks 22Before him are Melchior Grodziecki, Richard Burbage, Nicholas Hilliard, Jagat Gosain, Olivier de Serres, and Robert Peake the Elder.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Daniel ranks 5,429 out of 7,765Before him are Peter Robinson (1948), John Douglas (1830), Harriet Harman (1950), Sophie Hannah (1971), Andrew Ng (1976), and Steve Valentine (1966). After him are Richard Wiseman (1966), Barry Unsworth (1930), Joe Cole (1988), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), Billie Piper (1982), and Tom Kilburn (1921).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Daniel ranks 610Before him are Walter Besant (1836), William Empson (1906), R. D. Blackmore (1825), Coventry Patmore (1823), Naomi Mitchison (1897), and Sophie Hannah (1971). After him are Barry Unsworth (1930), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), Pippa Middleton (1983), Ronald Firbank (1886), Colley Cibber (1671), and Russell T Davies (1963).