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Samuel Pepys

1633 - 1703

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Samuel Pepys (; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English writer and Tory politician. He served as an official in the Navy Board and Member of Parliament, but is most remembered today for the diary he kept for almost a decade. Though he had no maritime experience, Pepys rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both Charles II and James II through patronage, diligence, and his talent for administration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Pepys has received more than 2,886,347 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Samuel Pepys is the 1,248th most popular writer (up from 1,503rd in 2019), the 931st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,196th in 2019) and the 112th most popular British Writer.

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  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samuel Pepys ranks 1,248 out of 7,302. Before him are Salawat Yulayev, John Dryden, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Al-Khansa, Publilius Syrus, and Arthur Hailey. After him are Symeon the New Theologian, James Patterson, Elsa Triolet, Rosamunde Pilcher, Claudio Magris, and Gaius Asinius Pollio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1633, Samuel Pepys ranks 7. Before him are Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, James II of England, Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, Abbas II of Persia, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, and Kaya Sultan. After him are Bernardino Ramazzini, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Yun Shouping, Willem van de Velde the Younger, Arsenije III Čarnojević, and Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Among people deceased in 1703, Samuel Pepys ranks 8. Before him are Charles Perrault, Mustafa II, Man in the Iron Mask, John Wallis, Vincenzo Viviani, and Johann Christoph Bach. After him are Ilona Zrínyi, Erik Dahlbergh, Phetracha, Nicolas de Grigny, Charles de Saint-Évremond, and Thomas Kingo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Pepys ranks 931 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), Terence Stamp (1938), John Dryden (1631), Alan Hodgkin (1914), Arthur Hailey (1920), and Karl Jenkins (1944). After him are John Harvard (1607), Carol Reed (1906), Duncan Edwards (1936), Michael Atiyah (1929), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), and Thomas Lipton (1848).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Pepys ranks 112. Before him are Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), James Anderson (1680), David Irving (1938), John Dryden (1631), and Arthur Hailey (1920). After him are Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Thomas Chatterton (1752), Alma Reville (1899), Matthew Lewis (1775), and P. G. Wodehouse (1881).

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